Blink!
Something has changed!
I opened my eyes this morning and something has changed;
Blink!
Vision clearing…
…There’s something wrong with the picture on the wall –
Is it crooked?
Blink!
Something has changed!
No matter how hard I try I cannot straighten it;
It won’t go back to the way it was before.
Perspective’s altered.
Blink!
Eyes straining.
What is it?
What is wrong with the picture?
It has always been there.
It hasn’t moved.
Why has it changed?
It doesn’t make sense!
Who is the artist?
What is he trying to tell me?
Blink!
Look deeper!
Look with different eyes.
Look at it from above, from the side,
follow the lines, join the dots.
Blink!
Who told me it was meant to be viewed that way?
Was it the shop-keeper?
He sold me a lie!
I have been looking at it from the wrong angle for all these years;
Better to see with the eyes of the artist.
Blink!
Now I see.
The painting hasn’t changed;
I have!
© Copyright 2015 Laura Crean
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Hello, Laura. I hope things are going well for you. I don’t miss April’s poetry challenge because a poem a day, on demand, was stressful. I am writing, of course, both poetry and prose. I am quite impressed by your writing and publishing and the fact that your publications are so well received. (5 stars abound). Michele Morton in New Mexico
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Thank you Michelle I really appreciate that especially from a fellow author 😊
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