Girl with Flowers by Joaquin Sorolla
The Girl Behind the Flowers
by
Opal Zushaquon
The challenge from Imaginary Garden with Real Toads was to write a short poem inspired by one of Sorolla's pictures. There were many to choose from, but I settled on this one.
The physical body
of the girl behind the flowers
Is long gone
I stand here today
Silver-haired and stout
Dead hopes scattered at my feet
But if you look into the eyes
Of the gray-haired fat lady
You will see the ghost of that young dreamer
~Opal~
