can you see

Can you see

What’s not there

Hidden by preconception

Lost in the shadows

Of false belief.

From a painting

Emerging,

From a photo

Exposed,

From a poem

Unfolding,

From an ember

There in the ashes,

A truth not vanished

Waiting for you to stir,

Maybe to kindle

If you dare ask,

For forgiveness

That you never

Even looked to see.