Care, a Shroud
Leaning into the pool
The bougainvillea
Is much admired
The blossoms though
Are not water-enamoured
Perhaps, desert memories linger
Excess begets foliage
Enveloping, suffocating
A little neglect
Brings out the magenta
Vivid, spread across the sky
Lina Krishnan is an abstract artist, poet and photographer, based in Pondicherry.
Care, a Shroud was first seen in Small Places, Open Spaces, Lina’s chapbook of nature verse with poet Valli Poole, published by Blank Rune Press.