A really lovely painting (as were your caricatures, I had a quick look at your other posts). There is some absolutely beautiful imagery expressed throughout this piece - and I felt quite compelled by a number of your lines; yet, as a constructive criticism, there were a number of editing issues in this piece which robbed some of that beauty back. Great to see you posting in The Ink Well, and it would be equally great to see you make some of those edits over time to give your writing that extra bit of shine.