The Poetic Photograph

light

To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path, and don't worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest. ~Author Unknown~

sunflower field

Bring me then the plant that points to those bright Lucidites swirling up from the earth, And life itself exhaling that central breath! Bring me the sunflower crazed with the love of light. ~Eugenio Montale~

Elephants

If the elephants have past lives, yet are destined to always remember,
it’s no wonder how they scream,

like you and I, they must have some temper.
And I am dreaming of them on the plains, dirtying up their beds,

watching for some kind of rain to cool their hot heads.
And how dare that you send me that card when I’m doing all that I can do.
You are forcing me to remember when all I want is to just forget you.
If the tiger shall protect her young, then tell me how did you slip by.
All my instincts have failed me for once — I must have somehow slept the whole night.

And I am dreaming of them with their kill, tearing it all apart,
blood dripping from their lips, and teeth sinking in too hard.
And how dare that you say you will call, when you know I need some peace of mind..
If you had to take sides with the animals, won’t you do it with one who is kind?

If the hawks in the trees need the dead, if you’re living you don’t stand a chance.
You can lie there and say you are fed, but there are only two ends to this dance.
You can flee with your wounds just in time, or lie there as he feeds,
watching yourself ripped to shreds and laughing as you bleed.

So for those of you falling in love, keep it kind, keep it good, keep it right. 
Throw yourself in the midst of danger, but keep one eye open at night.

~Racheal Yamagata~ Listen to it here~ 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj-mV8SaOoU&feature=related

haunted

When people talk of Ghosts I don't mention the Apparition by which I am haunted, the Phantom that shadows me about the streets, the image or spectre, so familiar, so like myself, which lurks in the plate glass of shop-windows, or leaps out of mirrors. ~Logan Pearsall Smith~