12” x 9” x 3/8” deep.

Oil on ready-to-hang wood panel.

Sometimes
the only way to cut
through a fog of unknowing
is to brighten the eyes,
call forth the sword, and
STAY AWAKE.
Clang the iron bells,
jostle the sleeping,
heave the sick from their damp beds
into the light of day.
Trust the vital.
Let loose the fierce ones.