...and all around that enclosing, grasping, tangled distance
peering within, without, and to the inside...far beyond just you and me
i see. i know. we know that glistening truth it in all it's effervescent clarity
something much bigger than what we know of, but it is all the we believe in
has brought us back, and back we shall stay forevermore
* * * * * * * *
Total Eclipse
From How to Save Your Own Life
Not wanting to write
for fear that anything--
the passion for the page,
the love of carbon ribbons & erasers--
will distract me from your face,
from your eyes green
as the flickering base of flames,
& your tarnished copper hair.
My love is thick as rust
& just as hard to scrape off.
It glows like the green roofs of paris:
it shines in the sun like dropped pennies.
I fix on your face
until I am blurred & bleared,
until my eyes cannot focus
& all words become one.
Oh let me write you into my life!
I am afraid of rust & tarnish,
but even more afraid of this gleam.
When my eyes have taken you in,
when my body has eaten
& spat you out,
when my heart remembers to beat
& my fingers remember the pen--
will I still remember you then,
boyish & sly--
yet a total eclipse of my sun?
Erica Mann Jong
There is a mystery to black & white photography that is in itself beautiful. As a picture speaks a thousand words, the black & white imagery invites you to find the words yourself. Not hard due to the subject matter. Another memorable Friday.
Posted by: Terry Hewlett | September 03, 2011 at 04:27 PM
I just went through everything on your last few posts. I have to say, the photos are absolutely gorgeous. Who is taking them? You look amazing and the light, framing and poses are exquisite. (Of course...mostly because YOU are so beautiful!!). I love the dresses, the water...everything! xoxo
Posted by: Sunny | September 13, 2011 at 09:58 PM