Upon the cobbled, winding street,353Please respect copyright.PENANAroIAlKCVoN
Through golden dusk and autumn’s fleet,353Please respect copyright.PENANAeOzTYtT1Pl
A girl named Lila walked alone,353Please respect copyright.PENANANLAWZC2Fga
With wistful dreams yet still unknown.
Her heart was light, her step was free,353Please respect copyright.PENANA55voPHZwD8
Until a window called to thee,353Please respect copyright.PENANAvBSGzuKN1V
A shop of relics, old and grand,353Please respect copyright.PENANAk5i0JQOcmE
With tales held soft in time’s own hand.
But what she saw, she scarce believed,353Please respect copyright.PENANADnbCPkucIG
A painted frame—her soul deceived,353Please respect copyright.PENANA2jY6rtWnIT
For staring back with lifelike grace,353Please respect copyright.PENANAlQSDKKm0jl
Was her own form, her very face.
Her breath stood still, her pulse took flight,353Please respect copyright.PENANAj5q8jIGLOK
The painted girl was bathed in light,353Please respect copyright.PENANAFjlzuMe44S
Yet softer, fairer, lined in gold,353Please respect copyright.PENANAPmZgn6QYiM
A vision of herself retold.
Who made this piece? Who knew her well?353Please respect copyright.PENANAzlx4S9VY8Q
Who caught her soul in painter’s spell?353Please respect copyright.PENANANmPXwMvqbq
With fervor rich, she asked the man,353Please respect copyright.PENANAaa6d7jihnx
Who owned the shop—so old, so grand.
But shaking head and lowering gaze,353Please respect copyright.PENANAM4bnKOrs9q
The keeper sighed, lost in a haze,353Please respect copyright.PENANAmj5tvM8M4u
“This portrait here? A mystery’s thread,353Please respect copyright.PENANAl4mBVQaFP5
No artist named, no words were said.”
And so she left, her heart enthralled,353Please respect copyright.PENANAXCy6QjLpxB
A whisper deep within her called,353Please respect copyright.PENANAXpTxgPRw46
She'd search and seek, she’d find the hand,353Please respect copyright.PENANAbdXS1Gx5G6
Who traced her soul in strokes so grand.
She asked through halls of old cafes,353Please respect copyright.PENANA9c7JXFEmKt
In libraries and grand displays,353Please respect copyright.PENANAKIAheyr2GI
She combed the streets, she scanned the crowd,353Please respect copyright.PENANA80jcvaHxK9
Yet never found the one endowed.
And slowly, slowly, hope grew dim,353Please respect copyright.PENANAS0F2RbBTPi
The dream grew frail, the light fell grim,353Please respect copyright.PENANAOZDw09EZtt
She told herself, “Perhaps it's fate,353Please respect copyright.PENANA7Sbbg1zllm
A tale not meant to resonate.”
Then one fine day, in class she sat,353Please respect copyright.PENANAnQNcHC07BP
A silent boy, a desk, a hat,353Please respect copyright.PENANAv2zB3znq9T
She’d seen him sketch, though never known,353Please respect copyright.PENANAPIAzfuI7Lw
What worlds upon his pages shone.
A fleeting glance, a quiet stare,353Please respect copyright.PENANAIarV9C7N5h
She saw his hands, the ink still there,353Please respect copyright.PENANA58K8lrVaXl
And when he left, too lost in thought,353Please respect copyright.PENANAju6V5k2TRj
A sketchbook from his grasp was caught.
It tumbled down, the pages fanned,353Please respect copyright.PENANAbm3bMloWmA
She reached, she paused—her trembling hand,353Please respect copyright.PENANA9e80JbIsGv
Then slowly turned the cover wide,353Please respect copyright.PENANA07KHEgb2yY
And gasped at all the art inside.
For there she was, in every pose,353Please respect copyright.PENANAg4eNk59zDn
In gentle light, in shadowed glows,353Please respect copyright.PENANA619S0RrKdF
In laughter bright, in sorrow's hue,353Please respect copyright.PENANAGwk78RklqV
A hundred selves in lines he drew.
She flipped and flipped, her heart so light,353Please respect copyright.PENANAZpkq0kJDbo
The brush of fate, the painter’s sight,353Please respect copyright.PENANA20rt6zUekB
A mystery solved, a question met,353Please respect copyright.PENANADNRT9zqbKG
A quiet truth in charcoal set.
And as she turned one final page,353Please respect copyright.PENANAjJserKQqOS
She felt a gaze both warm and sage,353Please respect copyright.PENANAc8MMeC2JKe
She lifted eyes—he stood so near,353Please respect copyright.PENANAfeIL4Lhv8y
His look was shy, yet held no fear.
“You’ve found me now,” he softly spoke,353Please respect copyright.PENANAxvwtG75dt3
His voice like brushstrokes faintly woke,353Please respect copyright.PENANA13R86W2xOP
“I never meant for you to see,353Please respect copyright.PENANAUJ2y7q9sZ5
But all I draw is only thee.”
Her lips curved wide, her cheeks took flame,353Please respect copyright.PENANAySMvrlxW4p
Her heart now whispered his dear name,353Please respect copyright.PENANA0GJTB8te6s
The search was done, the artist known,353Please respect copyright.PENANAMKnR0xv0oy
And yet—she'd never been alone.
For all along, through every part,353Please respect copyright.PENANARPZHTTHiCO
He’d painted her inside his heart,353Please respect copyright.PENANAEDPzBQYTMT
And now at last, her tale complete,353Please respect copyright.PENANAKryZdbE9o1
Two souls had found where they should meet.
353Please respect copyright.PENANA5cFdVjREpT