‘Swift’ [1887] by Vincent van Gogh, Sketch and study, Pencil on paper.
Two incredible things I saw today.. yes, today I said the rain was due,
I beheld the dark clouds,
in minutes it startled from light to heavy rain,
yes, fourteen years ago I envisaged the scourge,
as the winds grew very strong I observed a mere butterfly beat wings exceedingly for cover,
to the leaves of the garden high [tree] you see in my photograph.
The determined beauty settled upon gusty leaves and waited as the tumultuous rain fell, a torrent.
As I viewed the soggy sky,
two swifts kept flitting above as for food in the winds,
the airborne sea-like mass,
until they two flew for shelter.
Verily the swift is politer than most,
calling out for the knowing of its place.
None gave to it the rule,
neither was there an asking.
It chose to do so.
– a writing by Matt The Unfathomable Artist, Copyright © 3rd August 2019.
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