The words wired together below were inspired by a visit to the irresistible Alexander Calder exhibition at the Tate Modern which runs until 3 April 2016. 

Maquette

These evocative geometric shapes
     with rounded edges
some large and small leaves
     some artist’s palettes
all wired together
     so that they hang
in perfect equilibrium
      : the movements are gentle
a glide more than a dance
     though they turn
around each other like dancers
     or lovers locked into
patterns of paths
     lovers driven
by the same premise
     guided
by the same promise

Love is the framework
     that binds and liberates
the third dimension
     that completes the trinity
along with beauty and truth
     for a purpose
Permanent adjustment
     to the shifting shadows of time
to the essential choreographies
     of the day and the night
It is kinetic colour
     essential and minimalist
a sun and a moon encapsulating
    the music of the spheres

In love all things are relative
     a constant to-and-fro
between energy and mass
     motor and motive
hand-held lip-locked
     hair in the wind
eyes awash with emotion
     the flutter of a heartbeat
no-nonsense art
     nothing overly complex
but in your face
     possibility above probability
self-perpetuating
     renovation and replenishment

And the hierarchies
     are so simple
either you have it
     or you don’t—
the bones know
     ask the bones

John Lyons