prehistoric cave paintings <br />drawn painted etched into walls <br />flicker alive in candlelight fascinates <br />living hands offer time capsules <br />pictures reach out across time space <br />life rituals spectacular formations <br />all dwell sacred within darkness caves <br />who moves points enters time locks? <br /> <br />all art is accorded value by viewer eye <br />by hearing ear beating heart cut blood tie <br />hook vibrations value is where passions lie <br />heart history market speculation values <br />accorded to the value of past present names <br />civilizations society bestows prestige images <br /> <br />what art lies lives in caves in tombs? <br />sun sets on horizons passing timeless? <br />stars pass constellations change patterns? <br />rock art created forgotten into time mists? <br />dust being created hand fed passage images? <br />dust motes movement swayed time unveils? <br />nothing spoken nothing lost passion translates? <br />beating blood beating mind drum beats meanings?<br /><br />Terence G. Craddock<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/civilizations-society-bestows-prestige-images/
