Aristotle’s Friendship of the Good

I’ll do it if you do it
Their famous last words
Pals drawing together
Painting in ineffable shades 
Of the I and Thou
In these caves of Lascaux 

It is peaceful in this silence of being
Except for the hypnotic whirling
Of Hecate’s spinning strapholos
You are not alone at these crossroads
Ego does not live in our torchlight

Safe in the space of cool limestone
Admiring each other’s craft 
Colored with sepia tints of validation 
Made from their own hallowed bones
They fly and soar in radical acceptance 

I’ll do it if you do it
Their famous last words
Pals drawing together
Painting in the ineffable shades
Of the I and Thou
In these caves of Lascaux

Leonora Carrington

Remedios Varo

NaPoWriMo.net: And now for our daily optional prompt. The surrealist painters Remedios Varo and Leonora Carrington moved to Mexico during the height of World War II, where they began a life-long friendship. Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a poem themed around friendship, with imagery or other ideas taken from a painting by Carrington, and a painting by Varo.