Robert Vonnoh (1858 - 1933) Leah
The line and the light
The soft light
enters the room
through the curtain
that protects
her naked body
from the
gaze of others
through the
window.
The softness
the line
the curve
of her back
is touched
by the invisible
viewers
by us.
The invisibility
is protecting
us in our
voyeurism.
The invisibility
is protecting
her in her
innocent nakedness.
The invisibility
is a form
of protection
to not see
what is
to be seen.
By © Dolores Meden 2017
