Captured by the Artist

 Captured by the Artist

amazing to look back on
to understand it now
captured by the artist
a sensitive child

the eyes tell the story
the posture does too
a child sat to be captured
and the artist then was too
the artist had suffered
the loss of one that she loved
the child felt it deeply
who was this portrait of?
it could be called a self-portrait
the artist didn’t know
her gift of illustrating
was of herself it would show
the portraits of four children
two before and two to come
showed the before and the after
and what her emotions had done
a portrait of understanding
in how our emotions affect others too
a gift from an artist
who really never knew
gagi     02/06/23

A Bear on my Couch

A Bear on my Couch
there’s a bear sleeping on my couch
i’d greeted him standing
he’d been there for weeks
and must have been tired
it was a time for hibernation
when i went to bed
i gave an apology instead
and offered the couch
and a blanket
the bear now still sleeps
don’t know when he’ll wake up
as i don’t hibernate
i go from sleep to awake
and often wonder if a long slumber
would help us to be unencumbered
from all we accumulate
in a year of our doings
gagi     01/05/23