Category: Olympus OM-2

In the presence of grandeur

I love discovering
Small moments
In the presence
Of grandeur

It reminds me
That I am a small being
Existing within
Something greater than myself

On a large canvas
Even the brush strokes
Can be beautiful
Laden with insight

In the desert
Where only death
And the earth
Linger long

In the desert
I strip myself
Bare of conceit
Bare of ego

I’ve done some pretty interesting things in my life

Sure, when opportunity knocked
I answered the door

But opportunity doesn’t always knock
Sometimes, I just leave the comfort of my own home

No matter how softly
I tread through life
I leave footprints

I only hope
That when others come upon them
They see what I see

Something beautiful
Necessary
With good-natured purpose

Unlike the many monuments I have seen
The mountains and skyscrapers
All so grand and inspiring

I will be remembered
Not for the appearance I present
But for the shadow I cast

Ways of life, and
Ways of being
Have come and gone
Even in my lifetime

And many more
Will come and go
In the lifetime
Left to me

Dry heat
Barren
Landscape

Strips my
Being
Away

Presence
Without
Ego

It’s only time, you know
That perfect line in nature
Whatever the process which created it
Whether physics, chemistry or biology

The line is just a moment in time
Created over time
And this moment
Is simply a snapshot

It was a dawn
Eerie and alien
That fell like the dusk
Of a never-ending night