Illustration Friday - LONELY

 Here's my entry for this week's topic on IF... lonely.

Watercolor and micron pens.

Since we're on the topic of loneliness,

I'm also sharing something i wrote about a neighbor

who wasn't the most generous man.

There he sits

among the branches

and leaves

that rustle in the wind.

He sits, and waits.

Waits for someone

or something.

His grown children

no longer visit

and he is left with

birds and bees

and the occasional car

passing by.

He waits for birds.

And even when he has

so little to love,

when the birds settle on his land

as they search for food,

he claps his hands together

making a loud noise

and the birds 

hurriedly scatter and fly away

like children running from an angry fist.

It must be

a lonely existence

to think even of the birds

as creatures that want something

from you.

He is undeniably alone.

I wonder if he wonders

how he will die.

Whether or not he will be

alone then too.

He walks on his grass,

in large circles,

around his land,

and spends his days

keeping his land free of birds.

His land is empty of birds

and his heart must be

empty of love.

*note: he died last year - alone.

On a lighter note, here's what i did with the flowers.

I like it a little more now,

although i may still add words somewhere.

Words and dots. 

It's all good.

:-)

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend

and as always

thank you so much for visiting here.

It makes my heart happy

and inspires me more than you know.

xox