An Archive of Love
To Aletia Badenhorst
From Giles Sutherland
I imagined you as a typewriter of ideas –
Spewing forth countless,
Continuous reams of theatrical props.
As if the archive of your mind
Was interlinked with those
Mildewed and disordered pages;
Those boxes of unattended promise,
Mystery and…disappointment…
You’ve made an art of the fragmented;
You’ve created a story,
Where previously incoherent voices
Ran, playing, on multiple tracks.
Art forges order from chaos,
Beauty from discarded fragments of life.
Your elegant poise
Is your testament to life.
To the contrary
Of those misinformed others.
You have much to offer
To those who offer much less.
You offer me more:
The companionship of art.
GILES SUTHERLAND