Upon the cobbled, winding street,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7XnZJZc0T
Through golden dusk and autumn’s fleet,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZMxe7cytQ
A girl named Lila walked alone,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfeD8KygNE
With wistful dreams yet still unknown.
Her heart was light, her step was free,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYawzEBa8TW
Until a window called to thee,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngAJIsdziJ
A shop of relics, old and grand,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiA1iWaLvNg
With tales held soft in time’s own hand.
But what she saw, she scarce believed,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHOM5r6w19
A painted frame—her soul deceived,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRm2bmL4PJ
For staring back with lifelike grace,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuAnWqqlM8
Was her own form, her very face.
Her breath stood still, her pulse took flight,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5UThEaIXOZ
The painted girl was bathed in light,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmA9h6tEpke
Yet softer, fairer, lined in gold,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNBRrACxif
A vision of herself retold.
Who made this piece? Who knew her well?180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVJRcJwLi9
Who caught her soul in painter’s spell?180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9hzNgUjtm8
With fervor rich, she asked the man,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXVPvdeFs6
Who owned the shop—so old, so grand.
But shaking head and lowering gaze,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85ncok6glJ
The keeper sighed, lost in a haze,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiH3BqTRl2
“This portrait here? A mystery’s thread,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHWMmwvhnn
No artist named, no words were said.”
And so she left, her heart enthralled,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbggvSVtbti
A whisper deep within her called,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpA3RGOzlK
She'd search and seek, she’d find the hand,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mTkZg6LBj
Who traced her soul in strokes so grand.
She asked through halls of old cafes,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInNXJKMs9G
In libraries and grand displays,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpqFV3MwsN
She combed the streets, she scanned the crowd,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmaMrXMYtu
Yet never found the one endowed.
And slowly, slowly, hope grew dim,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbq8PkN36x
The dream grew frail, the light fell grim,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGi6HVIOU6q
She told herself, “Perhaps it's fate,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNhs6YGuku
A tale not meant to resonate.”
Then one fine day, in class she sat,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zYmTY63pq
A silent boy, a desk, a hat,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwwLRpr4r3
She’d seen him sketch, though never known,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtWzaX6ndd
What worlds upon his pages shone.
A fleeting glance, a quiet stare,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSaCq80lF4n
She saw his hands, the ink still there,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eDyQMUkJK
And when he left, too lost in thought,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CH4wi5KBx
A sketchbook from his grasp was caught.
It tumbled down, the pages fanned,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7hsy7aLMt
She reached, she paused—her trembling hand,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvkS4TihMb
Then slowly turned the cover wide,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0TSbozHhT
And gasped at all the art inside.
For there she was, in every pose,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGRj4Oh8I75
In gentle light, in shadowed glows,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtH1y2POZfB
In laughter bright, in sorrow's hue,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTLGgE4aui
A hundred selves in lines he drew.
She flipped and flipped, her heart so light,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Wc7zjLy36
The brush of fate, the painter’s sight,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDS1aX6tGZ
A mystery solved, a question met,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmr9xLblV3h
A quiet truth in charcoal set.
And as she turned one final page,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQlo5xSiOJ
She felt a gaze both warm and sage,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkx5gxQ0mu
She lifted eyes—he stood so near,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXl5PmAGNQ
His look was shy, yet held no fear.
“You’ve found me now,” he softly spoke,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBareWQxvvy
His voice like brushstrokes faintly woke,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg47xCRHCnQ
“I never meant for you to see,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMep0uAF5Y
But all I draw is only thee.”
Her lips curved wide, her cheeks took flame,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEn1wuGKBg
Her heart now whispered his dear name,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJKUfsF04R
The search was done, the artist known,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqR7DsE96kz
And yet—she'd never been alone.
For all along, through every part,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0TvErd3yH
He’d painted her inside his heart,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrupYzYuWg3
And now at last, her tale complete,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKm2ZZFRBrA
Two souls had found where they should meet.
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