A Man Sitting In The Dark With His Hands Folded In Front Of Him Art

a man kneeling on the ground in front of a yellow background
a man standing in front of a white brick wall
a man standing in front of a river under a bridge
house with front view
a painting of a man standing in front of a group of people
a painting of a man standing in front of a group of people
a man standing in front of a brick wall
house with front view
a tree in nature
a shirtless man standing in front of a brick wall
a painting of a man standing in front of a wall
Doubting Thomas
a painting of a man running in front of a group of people
house with front view
house with front view
house with front view
Close-up of hands engaged in traditional craftwork in the art style of Realism --v 6.1
Close-up of hands engaged in traditional craftwork in the art style of Realism --v 6.1
Close-up of hands engaged in traditional craftwork in the art style of Realism --v 6.1
Close-up of hands engaged in traditional craftwork in the art style of Realism --v 6.1
A koi pond seen from above, orange and white koi fish swimming among lily pads, clear water with subtle ripples, fallen cherry blossom petals floating on the surface, dappled sunlight
house with front view
a painting of a man standing in front of a window
a man standing in front of a brick wall
house with front view
house with front view
house with front view
house with front view
animal standing in natural pose
house with front view
house with front view
a painting of three people sitting at a table
a man smoking a cigarette in front of a building
house with front view
house with front view
Now, those captains must learn what the river will do
when it makes that great turn out of sight.
How it dashes them up on the rocks of the shore
How it spins to the left and the right.
It beats them and breaks them and crushes their pride
Leaves them dizzy and sick and all jumbled inside
‘til they’ve all but forgotten that glorious ride
lying flat on their deck in the sun.
There they lie, drying out in the sun.

As you round the point where the river was bent
and survey the great wideness ahead,
you can see all those captains alone on their decks,
beat and broken and very near dead.
Then the current takes hold and there’s naught you can do
as it drags you down into its maw.
Headed straight for those rocks, you make ready to crash
but at last, you rise up, roll and yaw.

Going back and away, then forward again,
fearing each time, the rocks will prevail!
You’re trapped in a cycling, circling tide,
in an eddy withstanding a gale.
But each time you circle that great whirling tide
and you’ve not hit the rocks or been thrown to the side
and you’re kept from the falls, cascading and wide,
for the eddy’s small mercy give praise.
Give the merciful currents your praise!
a painting of a man standing in front of a doorway
a man standing in front of a white brick wall
a man standing in front of a river under a bridge
a painting of a man standing in front of a boat
a painting of a man standing in front of a doorway
a painting of a man standing in front of a rock