“On Rest from Work, also Siesta, Oil on canvas by Van Gogh, Jan 1890”

This consensual embrace, shown without hesitation to all of us

and to whole world,

has bequeathed us the dexterity and mastery of the consecrated

Dutch painter, what crowns all his works.

We see clearly that the characters are in communion

not only with themselves, but with everything around,

also with our Supreme Creator.

Their subtlety and affection, feelings

which cannot, or rather, so difficult are to simulate,

show that, in real life, after their rest,

they will not be able another face than warmth and love.    

We see a natural and deserved rest, after hard toil,

proven by the bundles of grass they cut

and give them shade.  

Dressed in blue, in combination with the sky covering them,

they just give us the certainty that, upon awakening,

will have strength and encouragement to continue

the work they are dedicated to.

It also shows the strength and ability of the painter,

who produced this work whist in a treatment,

perhaps the last,

in one of the many hospitals of his life.

This poem and all others at this blog, authored by Edilson Afonso Ferreira ©