Inner Circle

Encircled by friends

Conversing with the Devil -

Curious, I watch them

Flirt with loose threads

Of high spun energy

That intertwine us,

A sensitive web

Unravelling evils in each other,

I pray

Do not pull back

Do not pull him in closer

With welcoming embrace.

🎨/📷 by Emil Nolde, Masks, 1911