"The sky is a black sudden cloud ..."

 

The Shame

What will

the shame be,

what

cost to pay.

We are walking

in a wood,

wood of stones,

boulders for trees.

The sky

is a black

sudden cloud,

a sun.

Speak

to me, say

what things

were forgotten.

~Robert Creeley

Poetry, February 1966

*I read a wonderful essay today in which shame plays a role, "Parricide Blues" by Aaron Gwyn. You can read it here.

**The painting is "Eternidade" by Ismael Nery, circa 1931. (There's more Nery on the blog here.)