Confrontation, by Portly Bard

Orange Outline, by Franz Kline (USA) 1955

Confrontation

Relentless time all things endure as foe...
...to those that reckon...beckoning demise...
...who, still, exhibit will with which they cope...
...as rising, reaching, consciousness of hope...

...that leaves behind its art as if estate...
...and gauntlet of the war and work to wage...
...illuminating paths where past had led...
and dreams that were by fascination fed...

...to soul uplifted seeing it had wrought
the pale and vibrant, lit and shadowed truth
as comedy and tragedy of praise
becoming fire aflame in distant haze

rewoven into threads from which it sprang
to be reborn as portrait of resolve.

Portly Bard

Old man.
Ekphrastic fan. 
 
Prefers to craft with sole intent
of verse becoming complement...
...and by such homage being lent...
ideally also compliment.