Joya: AiR / Andreas Scholz / IRE
photo Simon Beckmann
Joya: AiR / Andreas Scholz / IRE
DESI
The boy,
Refusing to become an ‘ungeheueres Ungeziefer’
A fate suffered by so many others,
Decided that,
He would defy the paths,
Laid out before him,
He would not be bound,
By any external gaze.
And so,
When he awoke the next morning,
He put on his yellow-tinted glasses,
And parted ways with the dreams,
Bestowed upon him by others.
His metamorphosis now complete,
He claimed his destiny:
Desi,
His chosen name,
La Joya Dulce, sweet jewel,
The desiring one.
By Laurie Marie Kemp
Andreas Scholz, MRSS, MRPS, MSET
QTLS (SET); PGCE (UCL); M.F.A. (Goldsmiths); BA Hons (TU Dublin)