this girl
from a vermeer painting
sits on a bus
engrossed in words
everything around her moves
but she sits still
in time
the silence
will tell
its own story
Alan Chong Lau
Alan Chong Lau is a poet and painter exhibiting his art locally at ArtXChange Gallery in Seattle, Washington.
Alan Chong Lau and John Levy have just published their third volume of poetry and photograph collaboration with the online literary magazine, otata. To view more of their work, visit www.otatablog.wordpress.com.
