The Prophet V (acrylic on canvas, 30 x 12, 2013)

The septych is based on Alexander Pushkin's famous poem called The Prophet. Each work is a visualization of certain lines from the poem. This is the fifth piece of the series. Here is the part of the poem it represents.

And with a sword he clove my breast,

Plucked out the heart he made beat higher,

And in my stricken bosom pressed

Instead a coal of living fire.