shows the danger and wonder of nature
in his powerful, poignant painting,
"Wanderer above the Sea of Fog."
A man stares at the fog and mountains
with his back to us forcing
our eyes to view the dramatic scenery.
I wonder if he thought of his brother who perished
in front of him, falling through thin ice
for the fog seems substantial too
compared to the wispy white clouds up above.
Painting this he was the loneliest man in the world
and feeling almost as high as a star,
a step from doom...as we all really are.