The Lovers’ Chronicle 1 October – or not – art by Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem

01 October 2023 By Rhett 0 In Random

Dear Zazie, Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag dedicated to his muse. Follow us on twitter @cowboycoleridge. Rhett

The Lovers’ Chronicle

Dear Muse,

could be or

everything remembered

walkin’ towards long ago

the heart aches where it was broken

and the hurt remembers its scars

but the body remembers the dance,

and the arms remember holdin’ on

and you remember the reason

you cared, gave so much

so you walk towards this

well, or not
for sure

lookin’ back
it was kinda like
a homecomin’
and a farewell tour

i think i understand
what TW meant

too much has changed
……

(your voice)
i was touched
and felt everything

lost, for certain
without any idea
what i was doin’

not sure why
i kept searchin’
just glad i did
because now
i am found
here with you

another mixed emotions trip
passin’ by landmarks
of birth and death
memories, both
happy and tragic,
compete for attention

affirmation, with a hug
and an i love you,
of a lifelong friendship
and new friendships
born of good whiskey
and keen conversation

evenin’ comes
with the tappin’ of kegs
and the band tunin’ up
cowboys two-steppin’
and twirlin’
their pretty women
across the floor

as the last tune fades
and the cowboys escort
their darlin’s to their trucks
to home, to love, to sleep
a solitary figure walks alone

the day closes
with the same question
with the approach of sleep,
soothin’ yet unsettled
so many spirits inhabit
this beloved place

but the question
that comes and haunts
this solitude
to do or not
to be or not

An Italian evening scene

Today is the birthday of Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (Haarlem; 1 October 1620 – 18 February 1683); Dutch Golden Age painter of pastoral landscapes, populated with mythological or biblical figures, but also of a number of allegories and genre pieces. He was a member of the second generation of “Dutch Italianate landscape” painters; artists who travelled to Italy, or aspired to, in order to soak up the romanticism of the country, bringing home sketchbooks full of drawings of classical ruins and pastoral imagery.