PRESENTATION OUTLINE
I started by, first, searching for famous pieces of art. I came across this painting, and it was the first one that made me feel something. Based on the painting, I felt loneliness and wrote a poem with a lonely mood and tone that coincided with the art.
I have heard things.
Sounds of fear,
sounds of happiness
and sounds of anger
I have felt emotions.
Feelings of hurt,
feelings of love
and feelings of betrayal
And I have seen acts.
Acts of hunger,
acts of passion
and acts of shame.
Through all that I have seen
and all that I have heard--
A lover's beginning,
a lover's kiss
and a lover's end--
I have held their secrets--
day and night--
and kept them close to me.
As their secrets fade
into my rotting wood,
so does their memory
of this once loved place.
The leaves fall on this old trail
and I feel time pass...
After years of waiting--
for just one more visit--
I see her walking up the path.
She stops for a second
and turns to me.
She cocks her head to the side
and looks at me with her
sad, remembering eyes
She takes a step forward,
reaches to sit,
then turns back around and leaves.
At that moment,
my love for her perished
just as she dissolved into the distance.
