Jim Yates

Towards Pont des Arts

Towards Pont des Arts

 

I wonder what she is thinking

This young woman

As she leans against the parapet

Of Quai du Conti

Looking out

Over the Seine

Towards Pont des Arts.

She is smiling

As though she knows something

Nobody else does.

A secret perhaps

A secret that makes her smile

A secret she won’t share

A secret known only to her.

I wonder what she’s thinking

This young woman

As she leans against the parapet

Of Quai du Conti

Looking out

Over the Seine

Towards Pont des Arts.

I wonder…