Dear Vincent, Poem by Sylvia Frances Chan

Dear Vincent,

wake up!
Your last self-portrait,
found today

in the Art Gallery Of Scotland, Edinburgh
it is behind the painting with the farmer's wife,
how wonderful is the invention of the X-ray-technique,
makes all invisible in paintings be visible

How delightful does that sound:
your self-portrait be found
and discovered today!

You were so poor and very unknown,
and always banned,
as a tramp in a way
absinth drinker too,
as poor as a church rat,
due to Theo, you had always been provided with money
and you could keep your dignity

as all world famous artists
you had become famous after your death
now the world possesses your wealth

Please, Vincent, wake up
Experience this great happiness
Your last self-portrait found today
in the Art Gallery Of Scotland, Edinburgh


©Sylvia Frances Chan - All Rights Reserved
A.D.14 Juli 2022