Ways of the Cross

Window Pane Acid Trip

Pride

It is forever my downfall

But if an artist

is not proud

Isn't that a greater sin?

I have never been greedy

Selfish from time to time

I am not neat

but certainly not slothful.

I lust in my heart

and envy the work of masters

but I harbor no wrath

and only eat to excess randomly.

But pride

in what I can accomplish

with the emotions I can bestir

with image and word.

Yes, pride is my sin.

Of that I readily confess.

It is my cross

To bear.

J. Binford-Bell

March 2012