Art from the Outskirts

Alexey Titarenko City of Shadows Series (1992-1994)
Alexey Titarenko.Website
Below is my poem inspired by the photo:

“The Thickness of These Clouds”

My God, these clouds are thick,
So thick, they choke our tears
And evaporate them with years passed.
We know those years are gone
But we still hope that they have been hollowed
With newness and breath as we exhale the smoke.

You see, the storefronts still read “open”
To show our hearts unhardened.
We see a resolution
Upon which sins are pardoned.

Beneath the rock and rubble
We walk toward green pastures
Even if only in our minds and sinews of our legs,
We walk on!
We walk on!
God, please be with us!

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