(in response to home page challenge by corvus)
impression number one:
Shadows cast on old floorboards,
is that a piano
where a young woman swoons
yellow bow amidst dark curls
righthanded grasp, not tender,
two of four hands
not in sight?
impression number two:
No pretty picture, this
unseen cruel woman grasps
a handful of dark curls.
Fallen woman wearing red
needs smelling salts.
Her hands barely reach us,
yellow bow, green at neck.
impression number three:
Vulnerability in red,
green and yellow,
that cruel arm
should have leaned closer,
using both hands
to cradle the girl's head
before she hits dark wood,
in a helpless swoon.