Friday, April 27, 2018

the oil painting

the painting
at the museum
is less in person than
in a book.
so small.
so underwhelmed I am
in its presence.
once unknown
to my naked eyes,
I stand back
to take it in.
unseen so close it's
diminished
now in luster.
the promise of its
glory
unfulfilled.
are we not at times
to one another,
the same.

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