Golden Child

An African thunderstorm
The smell of laterite hanging in the air
Each droplet of rain forming circles
Around a Golden Child, in a waterpool.
Arms calling up to deep grey heavens
Blinded by lightning
Banana leaves gliscening, dancing in the wind.

Love Hearts

Blushing flowers in a jungle of ivy
The throbbing pavement
Beneath my red sandals.
Frankinscence emanating from a Church
Candles and saints silently calling
Through its open doors.
Lifting me back to you;
So palpable and sacred
Is the invisible thread
Connecting our love hearts.

Everywhere & Nowhere

Leaves rustling in the breeze,
An empty parkbench
Bathed in afternoon light.
A rusty blue bicycle
Leaning against a fence.
There you are,
Everywhere and nowhere
At once
Holding me in the cool air.

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Biography

Sylviane Grant was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA in 1968. She grew up in Abidjan, (Ivory Coast, W. Africa), and Cairo, Egypt before returning to the United States to study Graphic Design. She has illustrated a children's' book, (N'Zebrun, 1990), and now lives in New York where she has worked as a Graphic Designer and illustrator for the past eight years.