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woman with candle in underwater dreamscape

Vigil  2003

oil on linen

90 x 120 cm
 

 

Vigil

Drop into the watery dusk;
a steady brilliance,
memory of dream life,
a place of silver shadows:
fretful secrets
and sand stories buried
in coral reefs.
 
Meld skin with wave,
a shudder of purple light:
steady the woman's hand.
 
Light slants on far away peaks;
a temple doorway is lit
by the gods.
 
White mist unfurls like puffed memory.
The candle burns
a steady , joyous welcome.
 
Jenny Barnard

 

  

© Catherine Stringer 2005