At dawn
the pale horseman arrives
in silence
through the fields
dragging in its shadow
demons and brutes,

and as death
it smothers
with sickness and sword
the morning mirth
of bedrooms and kitchens,

and In its wake
corpses are left
to later be swallowed
by meadows
in the name of a law
that never was fair.

Today we go ekphrastic with Melissa at dVerse who introduces us to the art of the South African artist Gerard Sekoto. Melissa has selected few of his painting and I selected the one above which I feel well my impression of both the book of revelation imagery and the South African history from the time.

April 21, 2026