New Opportunities
The year cracks open like an egg, all gold yolk possibility
spilling across the kitchen table of my wanting.
I could be anything—poet with ink-stained fingers,
witch who speaks to winter stars, woman who photographs
dolls until they confess their secret lives.
The hours stretch long and mine, a ribbon I can tie
around whatever matters: silence, creation, the slow work
of becoming someone I recognize in mirrors.
Opportunity doesn't knock—it simply waits
for me to open the door I've been standing behind.
~Stacy Stephens
**Anytime I use images offered in tutorials, I like to give a copyright disclaimer of 'fair use rights.' I do not claim to own copyright to any of the images used inside this artwork. They were downloaded and used with 'fair use rights' copyright law intact. Any images downloaded in tutorials are for informative and educational purposes in learning to use PSP and Photoshop.