The Perfect Storm

acrylics on canvas
120 x 100 cm
2020

sold // 599 € (incl. VAT 10% for EU customers)

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to think that
I mistook you
for a haven

imagined you
to be quiet waters

maybe that’s because sometimes
you’re so soft -

your waves just careful ripples
around my ankles

I was convinced
I’d never ask for more.

and when the wind
started pulling at my anchor
I was nonplussed,

you rushed into me
       like the most perfect wave
           asked no permission

                 to pull me deeper  -

and
I
saw:

the water in you
is a full ocean.

waves and abyss
that no shallows can contain.

you’re the most perfect storm
I’ve ever been marooned in

and only in you
I learn
the shape of water.