Ella Wijt
What I Want to Be , 2023
Watercolour, pencil, pen and dried flower on paper in custom hand-painted frame with acrylic sheets
22.5 x 22.5 x 5 cm
If i were not here If i were not there My mind would think of the same thing Of the presence of the present I am an object of living...
If i were not here
If i were not there
My mind would think of the same thing
Of the presence of the present
I am an object of living
Following the shape
of its surrounding
I would be the same
I would feel the same
Of the presence of the present
I would look at the sky
In my body of the present
and think of what i think
about me and about you and about us
Of the presence of the present
I am an object of silence
Like the air in your teacup
Like the air in your pocket
Like the air in your room
My body is luminous
You can see me when the room is cold
You can see me near your mouth
You can see me in your breath
Of the presence of the present
My soul in the air
My soul in the water
Now you feel when the room is hot
You can see me in your sweat
You can see me in your tongue
You can see me on your skin
~*
An angel just passed me
An angel just passed you
An angel just passed us
They quiet our voice
Not voiceless but listening
Not empty but seeing
Not heavy but whole
An angel just passed
They left us with grace
They left us with space
They whisper a secret
that we will tell each other
when we begin to speak again
An angel just passed us
And we are more human
than ever before
If i were not there
My mind would think of the same thing
Of the presence of the present
I am an object of living
Following the shape
of its surrounding
I would be the same
I would feel the same
Of the presence of the present
I would look at the sky
In my body of the present
and think of what i think
about me and about you and about us
Of the presence of the present
I am an object of silence
Like the air in your teacup
Like the air in your pocket
Like the air in your room
My body is luminous
You can see me when the room is cold
You can see me near your mouth
You can see me in your breath
Of the presence of the present
My soul in the air
My soul in the water
Now you feel when the room is hot
You can see me in your sweat
You can see me in your tongue
You can see me on your skin
~*
An angel just passed me
An angel just passed you
An angel just passed us
They quiet our voice
Not voiceless but listening
Not empty but seeing
Not heavy but whole
An angel just passed
They left us with grace
They left us with space
They whisper a secret
that we will tell each other
when we begin to speak again
An angel just passed us
And we are more human
than ever before