let me tell you a story

In the Beginning by elisa ann lindstrom

let me tell you a story
of a little girl
who would go up to her room to draw
who would look out the window
in grade school
and could stare at the trees and sky forever
(who had no idea what was going on inside the class)

whose parents made sure she took art classes
at the local cultural center
and in those classes they would go outside
they would observe
observe the trees
observe the light
observe the color

when she was older she took more classes
at the same local cultural center
where she was the youngest in the class
and they would go out on trips to observe
to observe the rose garden
to observe the lake

it was at the lake where she was pulled in
pulled in to the lake and the horizon
it was there that she only began to understand
the peace that is found in the open sky
in nature
in landscapes

this is where her story begins