still here

kmili_StillHere_30x48

30"x48"
oil on linen

$8000

in a private collection

sold through Edgewater Gallery

I been scarred and battered.
My hopes the wind done scattered.
Snow has friz me,
Sun has baked me,

Looks like between ’em they done
Tried to make me

Stop laughin’, stop lovin’, stop livin’–
But I don’t care!
I’m still here!

Still Here
–Langston Hughes