St Kevin and the Blackbird

“St Kevin and the Blackbird”, by Seamus Heaney, from The Spirit Level (Faber and Faber, 1996)

This poem is one of my favorite descriptions of compassionate love. I did this drawing in response to it. This poem continues to speak to me today, to those moments when I find myself in situations where I think I just do not have anything more in me to give.