Trick

When we hear it fall so softly to our feet, do we not feel a softness in our brain? A tiny yellow trickle like butterfly's tears. Softly, softly, we walk in the sand. We hear it fall from our hands, as a tiny cascade, feel its gentle caress, a gesture of fondness, a touch of tenderness, like the softest of music, as we see it gently released to our feet. It is a journey from our hand to our toe. We feel its music as a soothing ointment, an answer to our suffering - so it cries. Is this a trick, or indeed a trickle? (14 Dec 2022)