|Poem| Dark Room

 

Dark Room

-- To "Sleeping Woman" painted by Matisse (1941)

 

I can't hear her breathe

Listen carefully, I hear her breathe, I hear well

Woman’s sleeping on her side, belly showing

 

Blue flame, flame from her disheveled hair

Her orange-colored raised eyebrows are bright

 

Note on the Muse:

Matisse's thick lines make sounds. It also shows colors

different from the contents of the painting. I'm telling you.

 

© Ryang Suh, MD 2023.0810