'rings of life' by ab 
 
print on paper 
A3 size frame
 
'rings of life' is printed on 200gsm mixed media (textured) paper, and mounted in a brushed gold style A3 sized frame. To be wall hung.

Poem reads:

like the trees
that we adore
we too grow thicker,
stronger,
and more solid,
as the years go by.

like the trees
that we adore
we start off small and vulnerable,
like little saplings,
with an unyielding vitality
but could so easily
be stood on, snapped or broken.

like the trees
that we adore
we use what’s around us to grow strong.
the rings around our neck
waist
arms
and eyes
show the truth of how we’ve lived.

they show we’re still here,
we made it,
and like the trees that withstand the storms year after year,
we must stand tall
and proud
of the way age layers itself
into our bodies.

older trees are valued and worshipped
let’s take a leaf from their book
and have this same deep reverence for our own rings.

we are powerful beyond measure.
we are beautiful beyond words.
we are blessed to be alive.

ab.