Sweet Hope

I stopped by the pastry shop
on the way home from school,
listening to Kitaro on my Sony
walkman.  Oceans apart, it was
an infinite journey, but for that
moment, I was mesmerized by
the colors of hope.

Despite the pain and struggles I go through, there are moments when the rays of sunlight and the songs of birds shift the frequency and suffering shifts to hope.

Watercolor on paper
17” x 24”
Spring 2002