Sonnet

You are never to be ashamed of witnessing.
But with me bear the hardships.
But what comes first, listening.
Before anything comes to the lips.

The original painting is in Antwerp.
But in a small Lincolnshire chapel is a wonderful copy.
One Ruben’s handwork.
The second beautiful but perhaps a little more sloppy.

A hidden away Mass House from 1793.
One a great cathedral, self-confident.
Both dedicated to Our Lady, one great, one tiny.
Neither in witness diffident.

Both dedicated to pathos.
And loss.

Haiku

Descent from the Cross
Both pathos and loss described
Two pictures portray