June  20,  2021

 

SELF-PORTRAIT

 

If you were a painter
and you could paint
your self-portrait,
what would it look like?
 
At what age would you picture yourself?
 
What would you be wearing?
 
What would be the background?
 
Would you have anything in hand?
 
Would it be just you?
 
Would one color stand out?
 
Would you want to tell a story?

What would that story be?
 
If you were a painter
and you could paint
your self-portrait,
where would you hang that picture?

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021