WRITE UNDER THE MOON
The Artist Who Faded In Colors
The Signatured Masterpiece
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watercolor of my death
whispers in diluted dyes,
a lingering sigh
across the cold press of paper
each stroke diffuses,
edges blending into edges,
a gentle dissolution
as colors fade —
cerulean shadows under twilight,
rose tints at dawn
the air still,
as pigments bleed,
mingling
a quiet magic of water and color
where boundaries soften
and everything
merges
there is a silence here,
deep as the undertow;
a place where words
are swallowed whole,
thoughts dissolve
into the quiet
depths of colors
a single drop,
the ripple widens —
an echo in a shallow bowl,
the slow spread
of an inevitable stain
this death,
a palette washed clean,
a canvas
left drying
in the muted light
of a setting sun
lines of life,
now just water trails,
leaving behind
the faintest scent —
rain on dry earth,
the memory of storms
as the water settles,
so do I,
a final composition
fading
into the white
of forgotten paper.
— © Nour Boustani 2024
Thanks, Claire Kelly and the team at Write Under The Moon.
