Dean Reilly - Field Notes from a False Paradise 1

Field Notes from a False Paradise 1
Acrylic
25.4cm x 20.3cm 
Ref. 54293

Preserved in silence and hue,
 the Cooktown orchid stands, catalogued and contained.
 Its roots trace silence, not soil,
 while the backdrop bleeds an artificial dawn.
 Once wild, now witness,
 it blooms within borders drawn by others.
 A study in stillness,
 or a souvenir of conquest?
 Beauty framed,
 but never truly known.