One Red Plank

Salt-bleached bones of timber lead out towards the ocean.

Every step is a hollow thud on splintered wood and rusted iron nails.

The ocean muffles the sound, pulling the eye out to the horizon.

Then, one breath before the drop, A flash.

One solitary plank, painted a fierce, unyielding red.

A sudden heartbeat in the battered wood, holding the line, to ensure the sea does not take everything.

Original available for purchase:

60 x 42 CM oil on stretched canvas. £245