REMBRANDT'S~THE NIGHT WATCH~Reich's Museum Amsterdam Holland

Rembrandt's 

The Night Watch

Reich's Museum

Amsterdam

Holland

Before reading this poem please look up the image of 

Rembrandt's The Night Watch

study it

then read the poem

When first I stood to see

Night Watch, a hand

thrust out to me

Receiving 

my visit

as though real

Another with fowl

upon her belt

looked me in 

the eyes

Ah yes

Rembrandt's 

wife, 

Sakia it be!

Light shining upon faces whilst obscure men

not seen

Leather boots

and feathered hat

could be felt

as real

One man's

"selfie"

gesture

another's gun

an oar

rowing down

the Grand Canal

"How well I've been

received"

and feel apart

but I have

to leave

forever changed

by this

monumental

encounter

Michaella Lazarus

February, 2016