The Neon Girls: Smoking on the balcony

She liked to smoke on the balcony and shake the ashes on passersby. And I lived in her house all my life. One day her cigarette fell down in the stairwell. I bent down to pick up the cigarette, and she saw me. I was on my knees in front of her and she smiled back at me. She was like a vision and love so silently crept up. I wanted to go home quietly dreaming of her but she invited me in for a cup of tea. We chatted half the night without doing anything, we touched hands inadvertently. Kissed so unknowingly, as if ashamed of something. I woke up in the morning alone, not understanding anything. She came in, smiled, and handed me a cup of tea...

Digital painting 2023