In a city of
Greys and dust
And muted blues
A young smile
Comes to me
“Take my picture”
She says
Then stands there
Happy and poised
In vivid red
Tag: Xinjiang
Death and Deliverance
Into this landscape of death
They deliver their dead
So the living can remember
Keeping the dead alive
They deliver their dead
So the living can remember
Keeping the dead alive
Family ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #46
They come
The families
In their donkey carts
Loaded with goods to sell
At the weekend market
The families
In their donkey carts
Loaded with goods to sell
At the weekend market
An anachronism
A paradox
To a Westerner
Like me
Reawakenings
Every now and again
I reawaken to the extraordinary adventure life is
An adventure as epic and unique
As bicycling 6,000 kilometers across China
Or as small and day-to-day as a sunset on English Bay
Enjoying a cold beer over conversation with a good friend
I reawaken to the extraordinary adventure life is
An adventure as epic and unique
As bicycling 6,000 kilometers across China
Or as small and day-to-day as a sunset on English Bay
Enjoying a cold beer over conversation with a good friend
I take a breath, breathing in the magical divinity of existence
Abandoned
Abandoned
This old derelict building
And I
This old derelict building
And I
Two hundred kilometers
Away from
Anywhere
Nothing but gravel, rock
A winding strip of bitumen
And heat
Until the alien seems mundane
Travel takes me
To places I could never imagine
Experiences I could never dream
Worlds which seem alien
So I stay
Experience all I can
Give reign to imagination
Until the alien seems mundane
On a hot desert highway
On a hot desert highway
No wind in the air
Half way across Xinjiang
I stop to photograph there
No wind in the air
Half way across Xinjiang
I stop to photograph there
Loading up with a new roll
I click, advancing the film
The shot I take is of a shadow world
I’m astride my bike as if in another realm
An Anonymous Celebrity
On a cycling tour of China
Across that vast country
I took a sidelong glance
At becoming a celebrity
Across that vast country
I took a sidelong glance
At becoming a celebrity
In every little town
On every major street
No matter where I went
All eyes fell on me
Smart phones and donkey carts
I live in a world
Of smartphones and donkey carts
Of poverty I have known
And poverty I cannot imagine
Of wealth I have known
And wealth I cannot fathom
Of smartphones and donkey carts
Of poverty I have known
And poverty I cannot imagine
Of wealth I have known
And wealth I cannot fathom
The Open-hearted Joy of a Child
There is nothing quite like
The open-hearted joy of a child
Such a presence is a gift
Reminding me that everything
Is going to be just fine
The open-hearted joy of a child
Such a presence is a gift
Reminding me that everything
Is going to be just fine
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