We reached the Louvre an hour before closing.
The beautiful glass pyramid of I.M. Pei greeted us.
We had one destination, the Mona Lisa.
Racing up some stairs, I was stunned
To suddenly come across
The Winged Victory of Samothrace,
A sculpture even more magnificent than her name.
Full stop.
Even now, I can feel the gasp in my body.
Even now, my pulse quickens.
Such majesty, such beauty, simply there, in a stairway.
No other tourists stood there gawking.
After a moment of awe, I moved on
To the Mona Lisa.
It was fine.
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