Parliament of One (Plus Bird)

Medium: Acrylic, Gouache, Oils Pastel & Colored Pencil
Artwork: 4″ x 6″
Frame:  7″ x 8.5″

He appears—silently, somehow—and tucks himself against her neck. Warm. Impossibly soft. His little heart beating fast against her throat like a reminder that something else is alive too. On bad days, he brings her things. A bottlecap. A piece of string.. He leaves them on her pillow like offerings, like proof that small things matter. On her worst nights, when everything feels impossible, he presses his beak to her cheek. Nobody talks about how much that saves her.