Here I stand

Watercolor on paper.

11x15"

Original watercolor artwork "Here I stand" 2023 by Ala Ilescu Watercolor on 140 lb paper 11" x 15".Vertical position. Signed. This is the original painting from the art/ poetry book that I published in 2023 "My sad is sadder than yours" Here is the poem featured with this painting:
Breakdown

i am still standing
after things that I have seen
feeling better now
than I have ever been.
i have searched my soul
broke free of my past
discovering myself
at long last.
shed fears and anxieties
that for so long kept me down
now swimming on the current
on which I almost drowned.
so here I stand
tall and proud
looking forward to a new tomorrow
i have brushed off all doubts and fears
and have no more sorrows.

Donna McCabe