LA CIVETTA May 2018 | Page 53

So she sits. It sits. Resilient. Unbreaking. To broken mirrors, and distorted gazes that pass by her daily. Little by little, prophetic illusions eroded away, it is but a painting. An image. Of a girl who is sitting. Who sat. Who was sitting. The painting. It sits and is waiting. For someone like her to come along and listen. To a painting that is waiting. Who waits. Who is waiting.

i’m waiting.

i’m sitting.

here, listening.

to you

as you read,

these words,

that I’m speaking

to you.

am I,

resilient,

holding

on

to what

you may

ask of me

why, you may ask me

my answer is –

why, you may ask me

so here is

my answer –

yes, please do ask of me

IMAGE SOURCES: GLEN DHALMAN/FLICKR; CIRCASASSY/FLICKR; ALANNA RISSE/FLICKR