Secrets of the Spiral Staircase ...

Sometimes you find an image that strikes you so deep in your soul that it captivates you for a very long time.  I have a mountain of art journals that I am going through ... I'm not an artist but you don't have to be in order to explore your inner life with art that you find and that you create.  In my art journal it is about process not product.  just tried to let the original image inspire me ... Anyway, here is my interpretation of a captivating staircase. I realize it isn't really a spiral staircase but as I drew it, there is a kind of spiral at the bottom of the railing.   The poetry emerged from my ponderings on the image. 


Secrets of Spiral Staircase

Round and round I go up the stairs
Round and round I go down the stairs

Round and round I go one step up
up to the sun
Sharp blades of light
A golden explosion
I’m blinded by the light

Round and round I go one step down
down in the dark
Mystery and pain
I’m blinded by the night

Fingers of madness tickling my mind
I’m stuck in the middle
Of my own spiral staircase 

Can't go up
No solace in the light

Can't go down
No comfort in the dark

O my soul ... I'm trapped
round and round I go
falling into the Heart of God

©2008 Cindy Foster Serio & revised 2009
Originally posted on imamosaic.blogspot.com on December 4, 2009