If, Then

--

If Saint-Exupéry is right,
if it is only with the heart that one can see rightly,
if what is essential is invisible to the eye,
then write;
for writing exposes the heart,
makes the essential visible,
illuminates.

26 December 2021

Engraved on to the cover of a journal — a gift for Regina Morris on her 60th birthday (1 January 2022)— from Ibrahim J. Mariwa and Dr. Kavitha Murulitharan

--

--

Marianne Vincent

It seems like a lifetime ago. Someone who’d just met me said, “Your dharma is to be a writer.” I laughed it off. Now here I am, not wanting to do much else.