Mag #132 & dVerse Open Link Night "This Big Room"

Big Room, 1948, by Andrew Wyeth

This Big Room

I see us
in this big room

of taciturn shadows
ribboned with luminous light.

The appeal of opposites,
co-mingling;

buoyant laughter,
reticent smiles,

bold kisses,
hesitant whispers,

dashing displays,
veiled pleasure,

my lips greedy,
yours tinctured with generosity.

As the tickling of seasons
flaunt change beyond the windowpane,

alternately layering blankets of snow
and flowers upon your grave,

within these parchment colored walls,
time hovers, inert,

and I breath you in
as I stand upon the threshold

of this big room.

by Margaret Bednar, Art Happens 365, August 28, 2012

This is in response to The Mag 132 challenge to write a poem or short vignette using the weekly photo (the image at the top of this post).

I have also linked with dVerse Open Link Night #59.