Showing posts with label #poem #Mike burns #self portrait. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #poem #Mike burns #self portrait. Show all posts

Thursday, February 11, 2016

Portrait of self

Strips of cloth
Old metal in the sun 
Passages in winter
Paper I've written on.
The wood is worn 
Foundation from an old demolition 
Carved in time from my family's soul,
Something that was in my mind
I did not know.
There are many things to say
When the pants fit
To use an old shoe to stop a door.
Once, when I was young
I met Frida Kahlo;
Today, I saw her picture.
When everything speaks together.