［作者情報］

［Author Information］

Awuja Karen Comfort

Accra, Ghana／13歳

The haiku, paired with this stark pencil drawing, evokes the ominous resonance of a tolling funeral bell. ​As the child and monkey peer out from the water, their wide, arresting eyes capture a final, frozen moment of innocence before the current takes them. The "river's bend" acts as the physical curve of time running out, where the rushing water mimics a low, steady drone; a somber prelude to the sudden, definitive strike of a bell marking the approach of death's shadow. It is a haunting, silent scream captured in stunning charcoal painting.