Promptly 4

Vermeer's Girl With a Pearl Earring

Vermeer’s Girl With a Pearl Earring

She turns toward us
a glance over the shoulder
light glowing from her face
and a look that searches
us.

In time we might notice
the dark background
the bright and vaguely Arabic clothing
even the pearl earring.

But always we return
to those eyes
and the life within.

Timeless she is
350 years old and more
but alive and young and modern too
that brief glance searching us
as we gaze into her soul.


Line count: 17
Free verse
For Promptly Poetry Challenge, Week 18 2023
Prompt: Art.