Held

F3 size
273 × 220 mm

After moving through
the mud of life—
pain,
and loss—

this light arrived.

At the time,
I thought I was alone.

But looking back now,
I wonder
if I had been held all along
by something unseen.

This is a piece
that could only be painted
after passing through that season.

For those who were wounded,
and still found their way
to the light.