Shimmering whispers and marigold afternoons

A sweetness . . . as that of a mid-morning breeze, which flows through the alcove formed by the pillars in an ancient temple. The air there is old and charged. The energy within those walls doesn’t dissipate . . . A space, which invites anybody into its reservoir and revives. It knows no discrimination and nor can any resistance endure its benevolence. And so was falling in love. ‘Take me to the river. Drop me in the water.’ The exciting memory of the soft hissing chorus, sung by David Byrne’s band of musicians at their Stop making sense concert!

A summer so fond, as it inspired 

such sweetness and courage to hope . . . 

In a joyful abandon and surrender . . . 

even as a hummingbird would reach out. 

Against steep odds, the girl whispered a wish 

to the lissom beings atop a friend’s table. 

And one other evening, the same season, 

the whispers were shared with another friend. 

The beauty of those times will live on. 

Year:

2019

Color:

Watercolour on acid-free paper

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