First Thing In The Morning

I follow the sun.

After my morning tea

 I grab the camera like a 

butterfly net

and run 

from room to room

 


in an attempt to chase

and trap the

fleeting and flittering

 textures

that light

and shadows make

  
in an explosion 

 

or in a quiet vignette

of wonder in my home.

but rather what something

could be 

and where it might 

belong one day

 

 
so that's probably why

  

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 Therefore on 

Tuesday June 18th

I will begin 

a new writing adventure

that will extend to August 13

so you won't be reading

any new blog posts here

for a while

but you will be seeing me

pop in to visit you.

I'm off to follow the sun

 to look for what isn't there


but what possibly


could be seen


one day. 

 

All photos by Castles Crowns and Cottages

Paper Art by Anita Rivera

       

Dream Maker - Heart Breaker

It wasn't until years later

when I started to write

  about

that Father's Day

when she died

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that I saw 

 As my father and I 

scouted 

the funebrial sky

for the moon and stars

we hoped

for a final grasp

of our past

that we could 

no longer behold.

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But now I know 

that when you look at

any object

what you're really seeing

is its traveling reflection 

of light.

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Tonight

you're not seeing

the moon as it is now

 but as it was

its distance of 

time ago.

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And like moms

But

  we can still see  

the luminosity of a star

long extinguished

traveling from its

original seat in 

light years distance

reaching back to 

after its last flicker of

 life.

 

Two weeks later

my dad's existence

began its voyage

in light years

and now every time 

I look at a star 

I see its pulsating waves

flash:

Spread

2009

2011

2013

2000

2013

2013

1997

2013

All illustrations, paper mâché shoe, dress and photos by Castles Crowns and Cottages except for flying bird gifs.