Shadow walking
On the way back from a spot of sketching this evening I was walking along the road and observing the long shadows that my figure in the light of the evening sun was casting across the road. I soaked in that moment and took the time to observe the sounds and smells of the warm summers evening, I wrote down on the back of my sketch pad the words below as I walked.
A hot sweet smell
of the earth and grasses
travels on a mellow breeze
as the nape of my neck is bathed
in the evening sun
A layered chorus of bird songs
Play with the melody of crickets
As the wind chimes through the leaves
Long shadows walk
like giants
Their strides
stretching out
along lines of grey
