December 9, 2018

MOSAIC

The colored stones

touched and touched,

glued together -

forming a picture,

but like everything in life,

I was too close to see

what I was missing.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018

On top - Roman mosaic of Ulysses, 
from Carthage, 2nd century AD, 
now in the Bardo Museum, Tunisia