A Spiritual Gift, by Lylanne Musselman

Wheat Fields with Reaper, Auvers, by Vincent van Gogh (Netherlands), 1888.

A Spiritual Gift

Who doesn’t reap
a religious experience
viewing a van Gogh?
Step closer, absorb
those forceful strokes –
spiritually drawn,
painted prayers;
regenerate your weary
soul, stained in
social media and materialism.

Vincent’s Wheat Fields with Reaper,
Auvers is here for the harvest;
repent your detached life
at this art sanctuary, give
yourself a spiritual gift –
anointed with oil:
bold blues, greens and ochres,
cycle of life inspired:

Receive a communion
with van Gogh’s nature,
each visit, deepen your beliefs,
“Reap what you sow.”

Amen.

Lylanne Musselman

Lylanne Musselman is an award winning poet, playwright, and artist. Her work has appeared in Pank, Flying Island, The Tipton Poetry Journal, Poetry Breakfast, The New Verse News, among others, and many anthologies.  In addition, Musselman has twice been a Pushcart Nominee. Musselman is the author of three chapbooks, with a fourth forthcoming, Weathering Under the Cat, from Finishing Line Press. She also co-authored Company of Women: New and Selected Poems (Chatter House Press, 2013). Presently, she teaches writing at IUPUI, and online for Ivy Tech Community College.