It's Still Life

A Poem After “Two Old Ones Eating Soup” by Goya

Held like a leash in his hand,
grasped fingers at the expense
of pain and joints.

Then a turn of a spoon,
and golden broth from bone and stones
touches his lips like a warm kiss.

The wonders of triumph
from a thin clear broth. A bowl of soup
on this wide and gloomy night.

An Ekphrastic poem based on the image Two Old Ones Eating Soup, (1823) by Francisco Goya. Image is public domain. Poem ©Misky 2022 Shared with #amwriting on Twitter