Paradox
I feel like I am a ghost
Drifting about in my own memories
Why is it that easy
To wander about in the past
Why is it that each recollection
Has become as painful
As an embedded shard of glass
It now seems routine
That I revisit old haunts
I used to know
Closer than my own heart
I have become a paradox of scars
That l live with each day
It is not only blood
That runs in my veins
But a river of loss
*****
This image is from a series of photographs that I took at Alfriston Church in Sussex, UK, on a cold, windy day in October. I have mentioned before that I felt an unease at this place, and I think the images are a reflection of that. I wondered if anything or anybody could truly be at rest here, as this feeling came from some disturbance older than the church, embedded in the landscape, it seemed to me.
The weather added to my unsettled feeling, the wind swirling around the church, which is positioned on older sacred ground. The landscape seemed to attract as well as repel.
I have chosen to pair this image with Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 - I. Introitus. Requiem aeternam. Please click on the link below for an immersive experience.
If you would like to see more of my work, have a look at my website at:
Paradox
I feel like I am a ghost
Drifting about in my own memories
Why is it that easy
To wander about in the past
Why is it that each recollection
Has become as painful
As an embedded shard of glass
It now seems routine
That I revisit old haunts
I used to know
Closer than my own heart
I have become a paradox of scars
That l live with each day
It is not only blood
That runs in my veins
But a river of loss
*****
This image is from a series of photographs that I took at Alfriston Church in Sussex, UK, on a cold, windy day in October. I have mentioned before that I felt an unease at this place, and I think the images are a reflection of that. I wondered if anything or anybody could truly be at rest here, as this feeling came from some disturbance older than the church, embedded in the landscape, it seemed to me.
The weather added to my unsettled feeling, the wind swirling around the church, which is positioned on older sacred ground. The landscape seemed to attract as well as repel.
I have chosen to pair this image with Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 - I. Introitus. Requiem aeternam. Please click on the link below for an immersive experience.
If you would like to see more of my work, have a look at my website at: