Photo of the Day

Photo of The Week

He is the fear I wore on Sunday.
Clinging to body,
Shining skin & tainted lips

The shadow of thought
That swept over my mind
On a cloudy Monday morning

He is the break in consciousness.
The elaborate patch of nothingness
That invaded Tuesday brunch.

The black night
Made silent by Wednesday graces.

He is random flight
Through shades of blue
On a Thursday made free

The fanciful vision
Pondered on a friday morning
With coffee & toasted bagel

He is my distraction
My lovely distraction.

Justice

I was honestly shocked , though I'm not entirely sure why, when I heard the news. 200 lashes for adultery! Never mind that the 19 year old girl was gang raped by 7 men. All that mattered to Saudi justice was that she had the ordasity to be out in public without a male relative. Never mind that this is the 21st century, not biblical times. We have come so far yet women are still nothing more then possessions to so many. When will people simply be people, not a sex or a race?

Were are all the real photo journalists gone?

Can you believe that the same journalist took both of these photos? What happened to journalistic integrity?

Photo of the week...

The Journey - Mary Oliver

One day you finally knew

What you had to do, & began

though the voices around you

kept shouting

their bad advice-

though the whole house

began to tremble

& you felt the old tug

at your ankles

"mend my life!"

each voice cried.

But you didn't stop.

You knew what you had to do,

though the wind pried

with its stiff fingers

at the very foundations,

though their melancholy

was terrible.

It was already late

enough, & a wild night,

& the road full of fallen

branches & stones.

But little by little,

as you left their voices behind,

the stars began to burn

through the sheets of clouds,

& there was a new voice

which you slowly

recognized as your own,

that kept you company

as you strode deeper & deeper

into the world,

determined to do

the only thing you could do -

determined to save

the only life that you could save.