Twilight ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #93

When the sun has left the sky
Impending night encroaching
On the very edge of dusk
Colours of refraction
Upon the sea reflected

I draw a breath
Feel the cool
Know the day
Is past

Commitment

I commit
Moment to moment
Day to day

With every step
With every breath
With every thought

Unconscious
Inconsequential
Commitments

I live
In a state
Of commitment

Transient Light
Magic Light

Transient space between
Fingertip and presence

Connection
Transition

Evil subdued
Peaceful detachment

Curious it seems
To experience
Relief so profound
Exposed to
Climate so unforgiving

Among the desert’s
Many victims:
My haughty ego
And petty worries

Matters unworthy
Of a life
Worth living

I carry a haul of ghosts
Along the paths I travel
Some recorded, for all time
And others a shadow memory

Each a fleeting moment
Seen in the context
Of another realm
And none too clearly

What they are
Where they are
Who they are

Preconceptions projected
Upon an object
Obscuring the features
Of the object

These roads through nowhere
Always find somewhere
Along the way

Because somewhere
Is always a state of mind

And my mind is always somewhere

I create
Layer upon layer
Expression upon expression

The new obscures the old
The old shines through the new

A temporal collage

Of overlapping insights
Expressions, realizations

Hoping, in the end
The sum of it all
Creates some enduring meaning

I look back
At times of impatience
Of diligence lacking
Decisive moments

Reminded of the virtues:
Steadfast focus
Attention to detail
And a good tripod

Symmetry denied by framing
Yet in smallest detail
Order unfettered