Joy

acrylics on canvas
imitation gold leaf
30 x 30 cm
2020

sold // 90 € (incl. VAT 10%)

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happiness
sweeping past me
without a warning

a butterfly on my shoulder
a soap bubble in the sun:

don’t stare at it
or it’ll vanish

for a moment inside of me
a bursting,
bubbling,
dazzling
uninvited joy

and I’m
nonplussed
as I had no time
to prepare myself:
no time to find a place
to store it

and I can only
grasp hold if its wake
with trembling fingers

forget myself
for a moment
in its light