In Situ

Upgrading –
setting new standards
learning anew

Kin/ heritage
pursues me –
influence
and legacy

Timid concerning
the unspoken
the understated

Seduction courts
a response –
I am flush with possibility
basking in attention

But God is calling me home –
reminds me of mortality
humbles me in situ

I am already engaged
passion in the moment
dalliances redundant

(Self portrait created blind with acrylic paint and palette knife)

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VJ

Permission to write, paint, and imagine are the gifts I gave myself when chronic illness hit - a fair exchange: being for doing. Relevance is an attitude. Humour essential.

22 thoughts on “In Situ”

  8. Wow, impressive self portrait. When you say created blind, did you have your eyes shut? The poem pairs perfectly with it. The portrait is like you are being pulled in different directions as you try to remain on centre. Loved this!

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    1. Thanks Heather. Painting blind means you can look at an image of yourself but not the paper, although in this case, I did neither. I love how she turned out. I also don’t paint with palette knives, so it was challenging myself on all aspects.

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