Title:
Japanese Koi Number 23
Size - (USA):
12 W x 18 H x 0.1 D (inches)
Size - (metric):
30.5 W x 45.7 H x 0.3 D (centimeters)
Artwork Description:
On one cloudy day I found you in a pond.
The murky waters shimmered from the inklings of light that crept through the clouds.
As I inched closer and closer
To the pond
You approached me.
Your orange scales
So vibrant
They could rival the passion of a thousand suns.
I remember the sprinkles of black and white that laid upon you.
But what I remember more
Was not on the outside
But the inside.
You were bent
And crippled.
It was interesting to see how something that represents
Love and
Courage
Is so broken.
However, you still decided to swim.
Despite being so fractured you still swam through clouded waters
So effortlessly.
And why wouldn t you
Couldn t it be said that your will to swim
Reflects
A person s will to live
Or do fish merely swim to die
Somehow you swam through hazy waters
Injured
And misguided.
As I left you that day
The sun came out and the pond shimmered with such light.
I look to see where the clouds have went,
And there was nothing.
I look back you,
And there was nothing.
The only thing there
Was me.
Artwork Keywords:
Japan, Japanese, Koi, Water, Rocks, Fantasy, Original Watercolor