Today I chose the painting by Terry Chipp Restless as inspiration for day 26 of Paul Brookes’ challenge. It reminds me very much of images of Italian partisans in World War II.
Restless
They are never still, the young ones
who pierce the mists of obfuscation,
the cynics and doubters who believe in the stars
but doubt the reality of golf balls
and the great never-never.
They make a noise, the young ones,
when they let the words pour out,
the joie de vivre, soaking in music
and good-time drugs,
but they never lose the north.
They will be there, the young ones
who see the truth, the stars,
who have the dreams,
when the jackboots drum and the batons fall,
defending you, me and a noble idea.
I would have been like them,
I think, once,
perhaps,
I hope.
Serbian partisans as well. We have many such monuments, telling stories of hardships and solidarity during the war.
There will always be such people, true. Great work, Jane. The tone is just right.
There will. It’s a comforting thought when you see so much (young) energy being diverted to destructive ends.
Or narcissist ones.
That too.
I like this, and I agree it is a comforting thought.
Thank you 🙂 There’s a sort of nobility in the expressions of the people in the painting, and I like how they are all wrapped up with one another, like puppies of kittens.
I love that. 😀
I like this painting very much 🙂
I think most of us doubt the reality of golf balls and the orange ones who follow them.
But the young do inspire hope, a large number of them anyway. (K)
We have to keep hold of that belief.