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A Young Woman Feeding a Parrot–Caspar Netscher–1666–National Gallery of Art

She lived so long ago

yet feels so present

the distinction fades.

She seems so close

I could almost touch her,

feel the warmth of the sun on her cheek.

The light on her face

illumines her:

The light

soft, luminous

revealing,

resurrects her

from across the centuries

if only for a moment;

captured

like a firefly in a bottle . .

A portrait

frozen in time.

10 January 2017

Petaluma, CA

Tim Konrad