I can’t recall ever
in this life
pondering
going back
one day in time
until today
blacqbook photo: oxyear
blacqbook photo: oxyear
blacqbook photo: two four post
I can’t recall ever
in this life
pondering
going back
one day in time
until today
blacqbook photo: grate rats past tense
Time to shed this skin
again, no real purpose
except to lose myself in amongst the wild
so the rain washes away what was
celebrated, as others
see how I was formed
I will paint my skin black and tremble
set for my first earthquake
after years of being
much less than humble
blacqbook photo: connie 19
R.I.P. K.L.
blacqbook photo: bench the living or be benched
Outside of
two years ago
sitting on a side bench
along a wall in a hallway
I observed Mercedes in conversation
I hadn’t seen her since years before
Is she grander?
loftier
I sensed we were the dream
as her tête-à-tête ended
she began to make her way over to me
to greet her, I found myself standing
searching for words
mirroring my emotions
first thought “I love you” or
maybe something else
more true than truth
as she reached me, out of my mouth
with great warmth
looking directly into her
“I miss you”
these words were complete
Mercedes was about to join me
on the bench to catch up on time passed
she then held on to the sides of her dress
as it seemed to fill up with air
fully inflated, she floated away
blacqbook photo: tree up high
if I was the star
I would go from village to village
listening for the sweet music
in the stillness of the sky
the tree would be my source of drink
dialogue would flow on down from the vine
reaching across this vast earth
I would unashamedly dance through nature
reflecting all of the world
not the bad, nor the good
I would savour the night
from high over the greatest mountains
transporting dreams to the dreamers
I would be courageous
I would run to you
blacqbook photo: dandelion blacq
be the light
she's the light
go forth
summon the light
the light shines on her
light, attract light
be
blacqbook photo: talking to shadows
I came in with nothing
wanna leave with nothing
wanna leave something
no big wish, no to do list
just gotta gotta do it
leave something
could even be a scrawl
don't want nothing
I'll give you something
that takes you to your past
to when there was nothing
everything was nothing you could take
they wanted to leave with nothing
leave us something
like drawings on the wall
give us bone give us wisdom
leave us nothing but the earth
I came in with nothing
wanna leave with nothing
wanna leave something
more than just words
some inspiration for the masses
so they want to leave with nothing
not trying to make sense of it all
don't want nothing
I'll give you something
in some deep dark cave
when I leave with nothing
like drawings on the wall
blacqbook photo: my dream in white
bring me more peace and serenity
bring me some toys
suspend me
down from your heavens
bring me more sweets
bring me some joy
down from your heavens
float me
bring me no noise
then let me rest
blacqbook photo: porker portrait
Last week I bought into Lana Del Rey's "Ultraviolence". This week some warped jerk sleep-living and subconsciously seeking his next incarnation, slaughtered a seemingly harmless family in Houston. I know, I know - it's not his fault, nor the inanimate gun's fault - it's the system's fault again. My week ends as I buy into Sia's "Free the Animal".
photography dreams, photography dreams
I'm having photography dreams
the rain is shooting down
huge frogs, three in all
big and green, call one gigantic
one is just plain tall
standing on benches, we're all on two legs
seems a little high and close to the edge
I'm stepping back
my coat is drenched in red
from berries stirred in a big pot
of iron and black
laughing animals, first one
on a surface of wet stone
curled up in laughter, then two
not from a zoo
but from the wild in outback zone
seems fitting, could be
finally looking down
someone small tugging at me
the circus has arrived
I want to get this photo
more little people coming closer I see
then comes the shout
if you want to take pictures, take them now
I forget the flash for I snap in a hurry
in order to compose
I find somewhere to rest and bypass the flurry
ushering me from my seat
some circus performers must be off their feet
I do have this photo of an insect with great hair
I notice a large lifeless moth, as I make my way clear
from the area, the journey continues
to a circus like ride, seems so hot and so fast
screaming boys dive in alongside plump chickens while they cluck
making their way through a maze like contraption, for cooking
maybe used to pluck, zipping right then left
with no chance of getting stuck
another parallel scene has come into being
a child wants his picture taken for a younger me
activity is all encircling, confusion sets in
another small child diverts all attention away
from the main event of someone fleeing
the chase is on, stop thief
the race across the subway tracks
shouting officer, officer give up an ear
there he goes, right over there
he grabbed my camera bag
it all happened so fast and like it began
the race has become the past
I run him down, no place to turn
for him there's nowhere to run
for me it's all wide open fields
and now I know what this all means
as I still have my photography dreams
blacqbook photo: fly back
Thank you Stephanie in Seattle for mojo on Zazzle.
blacqbook photo: making love to my brain
morning sunrise
another day
making love to my brain
quiet conversations seduce me
back to the ideas
of birth
when first discovered
blind around the corner
empty space
our future exposed
making me smile
see the wonder
joy putting my heart at ease
baking love into my heart
invited by a natural expression
to where the spirit starts
the words that calm me
in this empty space
flow from somewhere higher