Sunday, August 18, 2013

Girl with a Pearl Earring and poem

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Jan Vermeer 1665
Mauritshuis Museum, The Netherlands



For hundreds of years staring
out from your canvas


What do you see?  Who do you know?
You seem to know, to recognize


The person you watch so beguilingly;
is he your love?


Is that why you look so longingly
out upon the world?


Wishing to step out of your canvas
to embrace him?


However, enclosed in your frame, you cannot escape
the artist's canvas prison.



Copyright (c)  2013  Suzannah Wolf Walker   all rights reserved

1 comment:

  1. Wonderful words Suzette and thank you for sharing.
    I have been so busy last week or so I haven't had time to follow anyone but catching up and enjoying myself today.
    Enjoy your day.
    Eddy.

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