Once I Dreamed of Camels
because i want to believe
didn’t she ramble
It was hot the day she died. That end-of-spring hot when the seasons morph and the sun is ablaze, freshening the memory of nurture when Sun pooled light bathing glory onto the pyramids of Giza.
Languishing in searing heat, I welcome the mist of after-dream that teases when the night comes. the Great Sphinx of memory breathes scorched air into lungs that never existed, stretches wide lips that never opened, chuckles into waves of sand blown gently by winds whispering the adoration of golden heat.
cooled to midnight blue by the rise of two moons (there are always two moons) lighting the way for journeys, potentially arduous, definitely adventurous, possibly dangerous, trailing from arid desert sands to waters dappled by moonlight.
a distant shoreline beckons. an unknown city awaits.
Once I Dreamed of Camels, oil on custom gallery 54×60 canvas
majestic beasts of burden come hither, a legendary promenade of grace and promise, walking the water in perfect harmony with the call of tomorrow innate to every living sea.
i place my hands on stalwart hips, gratefully anticipating the arrival of my salvation; the relief of burdens i have worn like armor
the camels are a gift from my dear sister, dead and gone too soon (Shelia, I love u).
thinker knows
i pat the fierceness of pink in my afro and plant a thousand kisses in the air to settle on my dead sister’s cheeks. beyond the light of two moons (there are always two moons), my sister smiles knowing i am armed and ready now for whatever next will come.
Some Other Place, acrylic on 25x50 wood
Summoned, oil on 28x48 canvas
Dragon Treasure, oil on 18x24 canvas (Sold)
Serving Time, water on 18x24 paper
Shrooms on My Mind, acrylic on 25x25 canvas (Sold)
What the Dreamkeeper Saw, oil on 24x30 canvas
Don't Look Under the Bridge, color pencil on paper
A Girl and Her Dragon, oil on 54x54 canvas
Warrior 3000, acrylic on 24x30 canvas
Gurl World, oil on 36x48 canvas
Travelers, oil on 36x48 canvas
Rinse and Repeat, oil on 24x28 canvas
Fairies in a Mushroom Garden II, oil on 12x24 canvas
Fairies in a Mushroom Garden I, oil on 12x24 canvas
Blossoms by the Sea, oil on 24x28 canvas
The Light at the End, oil on 36x48 canvas