Portrait sketch: I am
Your outfit, cotton print, starbursts and moons
symbols and codes of things I cannot know
apart from the Madonna blue
so warm, so pure
that draws me near
even to your head like a bakers crown
your hat commands my focus
to your face
where
two bright moons
shine intensely back
revealing that longing in me
for that something that is in your culture
expressed by your wonderful garment
that says:
“I am”
by Sam Alwyn
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