One summer afternoon

de Iuliana-Andrea POP

The window shows me everything I need to know
While wearing my mother’s veil of snow
Watching the river heave silently towards the sea
Its whispers making a passionate, tearful plea…
The air, infused with scents of cotton and clipped grass
Sends prayers and memories of a forgotten past
My soul dances in the lingering light
A photograph of me in black and white.