Cast in Bronze

Reaching out and looking up.
Embraced, enfolded, insecure;
Palm extended, fingers touch
Connecting at our soul.
Believed and relieved
Empowered, strengthened
To speak, to be visible,
To be me.


Hummingbird.
Kathryn Bolton

Reaching Out

How can I help?
I want to leave my personal mark.
Is it possible with this rough raw clump
I call myself?
Wounds are to register in this image.
Hacking life in a mold with cuts and abrasions.
I hear the scream to break the silence
And feel the connection in my fingertips.
Listening has been my venue to release this form.
My pain gives it the lines and the textured detail.
This is my art, my venue.
Reaching out to smooth and polish
What I call my soul.

Hummingbird.
Kathryn Bolton