Imperfectly Perfect…
(Inspired by Victoria Obolensky’s painting…)
A tenuous route is offered, a jetty of imperfect
Duckboards, made from damp wood, stained by sunlight,
Leading through a myriad blues, the hues perfect,
Lush and promising, towards a means of achieving flight
From the horrors of trench warfare and the imperfect,
Troubling thoughts of slaughter, death, fear and spite.
The tidy vessel tarries appealingly, a spiritual illusion perfect
As a means of escape to oblivion from the war’s cruel plight…
Pete Ray
16th January 2025…
Couldn’t help thinking of the image created by the artist as something a Great War soldier from any nation might have imagined during long, nasty hours in the trenches.
A release, a relief, a heavenly retreat…
