Only Remember
Fragments
Janet Kuypers
3/22/19 (dreams 3/21/19)
I’m sorry
I only remember
bits and pieces
but he was still alive
and he was showing to me
this one painting from her
it was a self-portrait
I barely remember seeing
any of her paintings
when we was alive
she hid them away
I don’t know what happened
to any of her paintings
after she died
but here he was, still alive,
showing me her self-portrait
I couldn’t help but stare
it wasn’t like
the other paintings
I barely remember
seeing from her
this painting was very “mod”
her hair was very ’60s
and the only things
I remember seeing
were strong lines in deep blue
I can’t even remember
if the painting was finished,
because I was too mesmerized
with the bold blue brush strokes
outlining her hair
and outlining her form
I don’t remember
her looking that way
but then again,
I wasn’t alive in the ’60s
and as I said,
I only remember fragments
but all I can remember
was being mesmerized
by this painting
and thinking
that it was beautiful
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