I looked for a white stone Snow white Then They became two, three, four, five When I sculpt Frequently ‘… getting lighter…’ came to my mind ‘… getting lighter…’ Day … is heavy… Night … is heavy… Air … is heavy… Dream … is heavy… White … is heavy… Black … is heavy… Stone … is heavy… My heart … is heavy... ‘… getting lighter…’ Then I added A star into the night Cosmos into myself Black into white Lightness into stone… While adding, Mom became a voice And crooned ‘Lonely stars in the sky, I am as lonely as you on earth...’
Artwork
Lonely Stars in The Sky 2016
23cm x 22cm x 20 cm
Photo of a stone sculpture
Nilhan Sesalan @nilhansesalan
Poem
Lonely Stars in the Sky
Nilhan Sesalan @nilhansesalan
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