Old paintings peeking through the newest
Added colors, oil paints over acrylic over
The earliest of bare line and shaded drawing
An echo of your graceful jawline, the memory
Of my fingers tracing from lobe to chin and back
A merest whisper of those big and bright eyes
Unable to be contained by my new artwork
Shining as brightly as ever in those newer layers
The palimpsest of my recent life unable to cover
