The Art of Camoflage

Artist: Rachel Pentergrass

  The art of camoflage

depends on the ability to relinquish uniqueness

Uniqueness marks you

as a target

The art of camoflage

lies in grays and browns

muddy, muted colors

that blend without resistance

The art of camoflage

 relies on attention to subtle variations

and is betrayed by the smallest aberration

from the expected

The art of camoflage

requires self-expression be abandoned

for self-preservation

Garner attention

and you may find your tail

in a predator's fangs

You may lose part of yourself

in order to save the rest

of yourself

I tell you these things

because the world is not kind

and I want you to survive.

 
 submitted for Imaginary Garden With Real Toads, Sunday Mini Challenge, Dolls (Revisited)

All Good Things

source

If all good things must end

then how to explain us?

I used to be afraid

to feel too good

Kept myself tethered

so the inevitable fall 

wouldn't hit too hard

Now 

I let my joy fly 

like a newly fledged bird

and I need not grieve

its ending

for each ending creates 

Space

for the beginning 

of something even

Better.

submitted for Theme Thursday, All Good Things