Turmoil

Should I stay – closer
Should I go – closer

To me?
To you?

Should I come – nearer
Should I leave – nearer

To you?
To me?

I will draw – a line
I will paint – a portrait

Me
and you
Landscaped
Title: Approaching Thunder Storm
Artist: Martin Johnson Heade (1819–1904)
Date: 1859, Culture: American
Medium: Oil on canvas, Dimensions: 28 x 44in. (71.1 x 111.8cm)
Framed: 42 1/2 × 58 3/8 × 5 in. (108 × 148.3 × 12.7 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Erving Wolf Foundation and Mr. and Mrs. Erving Wolf, in memory of Diane R. Wolf, 1975
Accession Number: 1975.160

“Our prompt today (optional, as always), is to write a poem that poses a series of questions.” Thus wrote napowrimo.net. Art found on The Met.

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