With a rose
And the candle’s glow
Day seduces the night
And the candle’s glow
Day seduces the night
Tag: GloPoWriMo
Post Haste
I stop here, most times
On my drives north up the PCH
Take a few photos
On my drives north up the PCH
Take a few photos
I can’t tell you where it is
Can’t find it on google maps
No GPS on the cameras I’ve used
Don’t know the cove’s name
Or the nearby town
Or even which county
Mendocino?
And I never stay long
A few breaths in the sea air
Click click click
Stretch my legs; off I go
Northward for home
Always in more haste than I’d like
I used a new lens this time
Ultra-wide fisheye
A perception changer
There’s a trail there, in this shot
Leading down to the shore
Why have I never noticed it before?
I sit here
A thousand miles away
Hankering to scramble down that trail
Maybe on the next hasty retreat north
Maybe not, maybe I should, probably won’t
Maybe I’ll remember to take a pic with my phone
It has GPS
One of these days
I’ll take more time
I should really take more time
Temporal Gateway
I was here some long lifetime ago
Stood on the spot just down there
To photograph the crimson golden gate
Under a crystalline sapphire sky
Stood on the spot just down there
To photograph the crimson golden gate
Under a crystalline sapphire sky
Here with a love soon to be parted
Here with a secret about myself
As yet undiscovered by me
It strikes me as an odd marker of time
That a place so grand as this is most remarkable
For the reminder that I am not who I was then
Golden Mist
Golden Gate Bridge
From Marin Headlands
San Francisco
California, United States of America
Golden Gate Bridge
From Marin Headlands
San Francisco
California, United States of America
Taken during travels, 2020
Waves
I hasten out to the beach
Envelope in hand
Fumbling to get at its contents
I don’t even notice the surf
Envelope in hand
Fumbling to get at its contents
I don’t even notice the surf
The wave peters out
Just before it reaches me
Its last energy spent
As bubbling foam dissipates
My muscles relax
Tension leaves my body
While the ocean recedes
Back down the beach
I turn over the paper again
Check the wording again
The test was negative
The test was negative
I’m going to live
Another wave comes
Stronger than the last
Soaking just one shoe
Which makes a delightful squish
As I stride back up to the house
Good tidings in hand
The Gaze
The fire came down
From burning sky
Across a boiling sea
From burning sky
Across a boiling sea
And I
Upon the shore
Felt the searing gaze of shame
Breathe
I whispered to my heart
As I breathed the cool sea air
That eye is but your own
Turned upon you
By the shameful one
Family & Friends
Is there anything more reassuring
Than the love shared and amplified
By a gathering of family and friends
Than the love shared and amplified
By a gathering of family and friends
Quarantine ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #227
Self-Isolation
Week Two; Day One; Six Days Left
I could use a hug
Week Two; Day One; Six Days Left
I could use a hug
The Fog
In the morning, the fog
Commuters fill the lanes
On their way into the city
They cannot see
But know too well
Commuters fill the lanes
On their way into the city
They cannot see
But know too well
It’s there
In the haze
Diminutive towers
Shadows beneath a piercing sun
As they are shadows
Piercing the shroud
Beneath a sky of mottled blue
In the evening rush there will be no misty cover
Crystalline clear; hard-edged architecture
Though the fog lays still upon commuters
1,000 and Three
Departed
Lingering
Glory
Compass Rose
Through chink in once unbroken gloom
Evanescent hopeful gleam
Turn of night
Will soon enough extinguish
Evanescent hopeful gleam
Turn of night
Will soon enough extinguish
Glow yet held clear and bright
Deep within a tempered heart
A compass knows the way to north
Light, the steel by which love reckons
Ever should the dark engulf
I shall find my way
Illumined by the rose within
No shadow may diminish
Night gives way to morning
Clouds soon enough are lifted
To the souls of seeking hearts
Horizon always beckons
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