(The following poem was featured on the blog Words Across the Oceans in March 2015, inspired by the art featured as part of a picture prompt challenge and featuring dozens of poets and authors providing their own interpretation. Here is mine.)
WHAT DO YOU SEE
Picture Prompt Challenge Interpretation
THE PASSAGE by chris Kuhn
Step forward, my friend
I implore you, come here
What lies beyond comfort
Is nothing to fear.
A glow looms high above you
Sheds light upon your dreams
Embrace the warmth, the naked truth
Much nearer than it seems.
Move past each foggy limit
Greet every inch of dark
And give yourself permission
Exchange your cloak for stark.
Though danger lurks by entry
No greater loss prevails
Than desire buried deep inside
Or truth behind a veil.
Follow Chris!