My father, asleep in an armchair,
breathing in Chopin,
his head resting
on two fingertips.
Silver grey hair,
and a face
gathering thoughts,
before he wakes.
© Shaista Tayabali, 2018
A recent photograph of me and the Chopin listener (taken by our friend Sue Fox), and also one of Mum’s earliest portraits of Dad... ‘a very quick oil sketch’ is how she describes it... the most talented artists are sometimes the most humble! I love her use of blue, don't you?
(For a Dverse Poets Open Link night)