ROOMS BY THE SEA

ROOMS BY THE SEA
(after Rooms by the Sea painted by Edward Hopper in 1951)

So after all it was you
Edward Hopper
who took me to the sun
and coloured me a room
in a palette of yellow and blues.
You laid me on a soft sofa-bed
covered in orangey-red
so I could rest in the late afternoon
watching you paint muted
shadows on the walls
whilst the sea-scented sea
lapped gently outside the open door.
Your parting gift
was a picture painted just for me
You hung it above the sofa
and called it Rooms by the Sea.
A room within a room
A painting within a painting
A dream within a dream.
You took me to the sun Edward Hopper,
I should have known it would be you