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Poetry

Art the Redeemer

by Paul Hughes

In the eye of my mind,
Atop a snowless peak,
Stands a grand, towering statue
Of a magnificent open age:
Art the Redeemer.

Sculpted from stone
As sturdy as skyscrapers,
Standing untouched
In the most violent thunderstorms.
And penetrating blizzards

Immovable and unshakeable,
Transcending the roughest
Terrains of the earth below,
Art is the Redeemer
Of the suffering of life.

Paul Hughes is an English poet who writes about philosophical and religious themes, with some emphasis on drug addiction, alcoholism and mental illness. He shares more of his writing on instagram.com/prosebypaul.