Horizon line
Don’t worry about saving these songs!
And if one of our instruments breaks,
it doesn’t matter.
We have fallen into the place
where everything is music.
The strumming and the flute notes
rise into the atmosphere,
and even if the whole world’s harp
should burn up, there will still be
hidden instruments playing.
So the candle flickers and goes out.
We have a piece of flint, and a spark.
This singing art is sea foam.
The graceful movements come from a pearl
somewhere on the ocean floor.
Poems reach up like spindrift and the edge
of driftwood along the beach, wanting!
They derive
from a slow and powerful root
that we can’t see.
Stop the words now.
Open the window in the center of your chest,
and let the spirit fly in and out.
Yana Smietana is a visual artist and Fine Art photographer with eight years of professional experience. She is a member of the Royal Photographic Society and a member of APG (Association of Photographers of Georgia). Skilled in portrait photography, landscapes, and documentary photography. Some photos have participated in different awards. Also, she is on the list of the best photographers in Georgia (country) by 35AWARDS. Her works were represented at the Blank Wall Gallery in Athens, Greece in 2021. She will take part in the international photo festival in Crete in 2022.