"Art 4 Horses"
"The Captive"
Strain against the bonds that
rend,
ropes that burn, chains that
scar,
the body breaks, it must
submit,
make the Captive you want
it to be
but NEVER, NO NEVER, break
my heart.
My spirit is bound, to hold
as you will,
shape it, mold it, change
it until,
it serves your desire unquestioningly,
make the Captive you want
it to be
but NEVER, NO NEVER, break
my heart.
Inside this creature, a heart
most faithful,
see it there? Just inside!
almost unreachable,
it must be given, cannot
be taken,
Love makes the Captive you
want me to be,
so NEVER, NO NEVER, break
my heart.
When the pain is over, and
the lessons learned,
my body, my spirit, my heart
unburned,
because of Love flowing between
we two,
I will give my Captive heart
to you.
by Lyone Cassella
Note: Published in "Treasured Poems of America"
1995 page 296 and "Dedicated to Wilma Tronstad, who captured forever, ‘The
Captive’, in oils!"
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Gallery of Original Art
Sheona Hamilton-Grant * Lynne McIntosh * Spencer
Dimensions - Gallery
Robert Deurloo * Richard A Myer * Jocelyn Russell * Karen D. Smith
Renditions - Gallery
Robert Bateman * David Marty * Lynne McIntosh * Karen D. Smith * Karen Vance
The New Generation - Gallery
Digital Fine Artwork * Joseph Barbaccia
Sheona Hamilton-Grant
Scottish pencil artist from Germany
W.A.Tronstad
All Tronstad work has been donated
Pet Portrait in oils 2007 fundraiser - Artist is excepting only 4 to 6 commissions.
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Additional hand crafted gifts * Lynne McIntosh * Stained Glass * Gold Pendants * Pony pin
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