Tag: Wordpress Photo Challenge

The weekly Wordpress Photo Challenge, sponsored by The Daily Post

In the darkness, I saw a light

In the darkness
I saw a light
And followed it

It lead to a window
Which would not open
And I could not see through

As much as I preferred
Being in the light
I returned to the darkness

I just try to remember

Some windows allow the light in
But obscure its source

Not all doors can be opened
And it is unwise to walk through
Every door that does

It is a landscape made
Of sparse rain and heat

Yet over time,
This brush and paint
Create a land
Of uncommon beauty

Dry heat
Barren
Landscape

Strips my
Being
Away

Presence
Without
Ego

Vibrant
Important
Utilitarian

Once

Abandoned
Derelict
Unprofitable

Now

I rise from slumber
From darkness
Dawn light trickles in

Time enough
My phone says
For the walk

Eventually
Every wall falls
Or is breached
Or otherwise defeated

Time crumbles their mortar
Context shifts their efficacy
Or a new technology
Renders them impotent

We think we build walls
Because we are human
But all living things
Build walls

And so we believe ourselves conscious
When every pattern we create
Has already been created
In our unconscious

I think I erect boundaries
To protect myself from what’s not me
But my boundaries
Enclose me

And so I define myself
Not by what is me
But by what is not me
Leaving no other possibility

An early snow
In the high country
Under a low ceiling
Autumn still clinging to the trees

Winter gnaws at the bit
Eager, snorting
But the trees
Shed snow faster than leaves

I love a road
Through wide open spaces
Where straight lines
Reel through the changes

I love a country that is big
That is grand
Where the sky
Makes love to land