This is the  original John Waterhouse "Adriadne"

The more extreme and the more expressed that passion is, the more  unbearable does life seem without it. It reminds us that if passion dies or is denied, we are partly dead...

          

  ~John Boorman

Tranquility

Tranquility

an area of being

somewhere

between sleep

and awake

a peaceful state

Tranquility

where passions flow

without the need

of reality

and our dreams

are our true meaning

Tranquility

a gift of Creator God

to anxious man

who runs like a rat

to and fro

in desparte need of

Tranquility.

dc riggs  1 Aug 02 ©

Waterhouse's Adriadne

Adriadne

Waterhouse's lady

restless, restful, dressed

in red

waiting, wanting

as the great cats prowl

so does her mind

her heart

passions rising

without movement

of body

for her desire

is deep within her soul

passions

that will not die

and this

oddly is good

for as passion dies

bit by bit

so does life itself

fade, die

bit by bit, bit by bit

until what's left

is but a mere shadow

of the life

that once was

this is

the lady waiting

dreaming, wanting, needing

she is

Adriadne.

dc riggs  1 Aug 02 ©

Music on this page is credited to Nobuo Uematsu and the beautiful soundtrack of Final Fantasy VII