Solace, Painting by Artist Varjavan Dastoor
Pastel on Paper ,
14 x 17 inches (35.56 x 43.18 cm)
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Art No
:
21787
Artist
:
Varjavan Dastoor
Title
:
Solace
Medium
:
Pastel on Paper
Size
:
14 x 17 inches (35.56 x 43.18 cm)
Price
:
Rs. 3,000 ($41)
Remarks
The lowveld sizzles yellow
Under the orange ball.
Through the golden foliage
Something stealthily crawls.
A yellow blur emerges
And stuns an impala calf.
Commotion quickly follows
The herd is cleft in half.
The thundering stampede soon
Comes to an abrupt end
And Haraka the cheetah
Can feed her cub again.
She drags the corpse to her den
But senses something missing
Underneath a rock she finds
A bloated python hissing
Aggrieved and aggravated
Her loss makes her numb
She mauls the listless snake
Lethargic with its tum.
The cheetah’s blows begin to
Take a terrible toll
The helpless python chunders
A cub’s cadaver whole.
Tries to slowly slither
But lies listless in vain.
Haraka simply sniffs
Her cub’s rancid remains
The killer of her child
Lay helpless in her den.
She treads on head lowered
Not seeing it again.
Was her brain too primal to deem
Revenge as the solution,
Or was she far too wise to gain
Solace in retribution?
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