Written piece
Threads that bind
Renuka Maraj
Trinidad and Tobago
About this piece
I decided to visit Kernahan Village in Manzanilla, Trinidad despite the many potholes. To my surprise, I had a beautiful, memorable meeting with Alan when I saw him in his hammock and asked if I could photograph the stunning lotus growing in his front yard.
Threads that bind
Alan does not know me, but he plucked a lotus bud from his backyard to give me when I stopped by his small wooden house to take a photo of the lone pink flower blooming at the front. A flower whose thread is prized but not as much as the warm generosity of this elderly man which still brings a smile to my face and immense gratitude for the simple pleasures of this world.