JAMES ELROD

Freedom is a right that we are born with in our nation.  But it's never been free and that's why I have the beauty of freedom leaning on the axe of war or sacrifice.

"James"

                     “CONCEPTUAL FREEDOM”

What is freedom….if not the love and beauty of a woman?

So proud and tall she stands…..serene yet mighty

Her chin set high as the Mother of just and right

No other love nor lust could hold man so captive

In his eons of strife and struggle to possess her

Her bright smile and golden glinted gaze

Are a mans cool spring and late summer breeze

She is no small thing….yet almost indefinable in her fragility

A snowflake on a warm window

Her price is the razors edge of compromise

Diplomacy and brutality….pain and serenity

As the mother who survives the pain of birth

For the love of a son

Eternal in concept, eternal in spirit

Born and reborn she gives her life’s blood

For over and over rolls this eternal recurrence

Her chains are forever broken and discarded

The price is high and her value even higher

Oh how I wish to be forever rid

Of this old black ball and chain that holds me

Free once again to be in her warm embrace

For what is freedom….if not the love and beauty of a woman?

 "James"

“Approximately” 8 ½ “  X  11” BLACK & WHITE PRINT on matt finish.