Artist's Eternity

let me paint you a picture
a picture of you
sit still
this will take time

i don't need your colors
black and white treats you well
no distractions
raw emotion

your family will frame this, you know
you want to look like that?
no, no
tilt your head, hand to chin

there
no, no speaking
i am concentrating
on capturing everything you are

everything you will be
portraits span decades
centuries, even
you will live forever