Try To Understand

Do not deny

the intimacies perceived

in the provenance 

of gathered images

framed and influenced 

by strong beliefs 

and personal recollections

as you struggle to paint

a particular alphabet 

composed in black 

silhouette.

If anything…

Try to understand

something

of the semblance

of their history,

attending to

the tiniest pieces

of life in the

interrogation of
each impression's

raw data.