Ostiary

7" x 5"

2021

pen and ink on wood pulp paper

I gave this work to a friend whose mother had passed, accompanied by a poem I had written.  "Somewhere, a lone flag was lowered to half-mast. / A rush of exalted memory unfurled. / We waved our farewells in tribute to her past / As the gatekeeper’s golden key turned, at last, / Slowly unlatching her path to the next world."