Umbrella

Jul 20, 2025

Pour your ink into a glass.

Add the salt of your tears to taste.

For extra measure, add ice and a small

umbrella.

Now, sit back to observe the container while

resisting the urge to gulp it down.

The ink may be coloured red or black, that is your pain.

The salt is the initial sting.

That slow burn as they rubbed it into the skin

and the ice represents time.

Do you see?

It has already melted.

A passage in history never to revisit.

What is already written on the pages, the outcome

we cannot change.

But, we can stop the pain of the past raining on the

parade our future by opening an umbrella of hope.