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 May 2014
Nomad
Taking Pictures
SNAP
is all i've ever done,
taking pictures
FLASH
of everyone.

Private eye,
detective on scene,
CLICK
I flash the badge
and they all know
SNAP
just what I mean.

Pictures,
say a thousand words,
but not a single one
could describe the ones
that I've heard.

It's deeper than a thousand words,
even altogether,
it's more I iconic than anything,
heck it probably does one better.

It's a precious little memory,
of the time before,
it's to delay my forgetfulness,
if only for just a second more.

How old we've become,
that we need a reminder here or there,
how our mind tricks us some times,
and we look at someone familiar,
but all we are is confused, so we stare.

But a picture might help,
clear away the fog,
it's better than a journal,
and more loyal than a dog.

The pictures should have meaning,
all in its natural beauty,
you the taker,
have a rather solemn duty.

To preserve in history,
this moment in time,
where there is no reason,
there is no rhyme.
There simply is
that moment, the now
it really doesn't matter
matter how.
But let it happen
as it happens to be,
and maybe you'll remember
to jog your memory.

Pictures
let the cameras shutter and shake,
but thank God for these little things,
that we can even take
a small piece
of our memories.

Pictures.
 May 2014
Nomad
There's a world out there,
not all to kind,
there's a world out there,
that doesn't have you in mind.

You're out of sight,
therefore out of mind,
the world spins faster,
leaving you behind.

So what are you going to do,
while they run the race,
will you sit and cry,
live in shame and disgrace?

Or will you fight
to survive with your brothers and sisters,
to fight your fears and overcome the challenges,
ignore the pain, the tears, the blood and blisters.

There's a world out there,
a world full of people, that needs your help,
that only you could provide,
are you ready to face the music,
or are you to scared,
and want to run and hide?

NEVER!

Back down, give up, turn around
give up, lied down, and die, without a sound.
There's a world out there,
full of doubt, fear and misery,
don't add to the list of victims,
or worse yet,
to the ones that participate in the cycle
in the cycle a painful eternity.

You
Can
Make
A
Difference.

If only you tried.

It starts the second, you wake up in the morning
with a brand new attitude,
a brand new face.
Everyone will know you in the light,
but not what you work in the dark,
you can help put down a conflict
before it turns into a fight,
or you can do something simple,
like walk and talk with a crying friend,
somewhere nice, like the park.

You can do little things,
that in turn yields big results,
you start with a hello,
a simple word as that,
and it turns into a smile,
then before you know it,
you've gained a friend.
Wouldn't it be better for you,
if you could smile and know the end?

There's a world out there,
that needs your love,
compassion and mercy,
that needs your strength, whatever you have,
even for a pittance, of,
today's sad account of currency.

There's A World Out There
just waiting to meet you,
the question is,
what will you do?
 May 2014
Amitav Radiance
The filigreed pendant
Adorning your neck
With a drop of red ruby
A drop of your Love
Straight from your heart
Close to your *****
You hold the aura of charm
To enthrall me in a maze
Which leads to your heart
The filigreed pendant
Holds me to your fate*




© Amitav (Radiance)
 May 2014
Louise
Collaboration with Jack

Where oceans dance on sleepy shores,
glistening beneath crescent moon breaths,
counting star drop secrets on charcoal skies
I stare at a horizon, a single shadowed line.... waiting

Into the depth of the distance, my thoughts drift
I know they will find their way somehow
I'll remain here, the closest point to you
my time, my freedom, I no longer wish to be my own

Cast upon these harmonic waves, my desires,
whispered into a sea breeze of flowing dreams,
Become one with a metronomic tide of needed current
seeking a path to your perfect heart and I breathe...slowly

Thoughts and desires now run free, seeking their destiny
the direction, always known to them, yet hindered
a moving course across the ocean, the destination, always you
wistfulness and impatient dreams will become a reality

And of this reality, these distant shores, we shall be together...
not of sun drenched morning awakenings,
nor a midnight sky of watchful eyes,
but of one love on a tireless journey, far beyond every horizon ....eternally
I've been so privileged to work with someone so talented.  
Jack thank you for making this so easy!
 May 2014
Amitav Radiance
A blank canvas on an easel
Not splashed with hues, yet
Yearning for the stroke of a brush
And be painted with the painter’s dream
Most intimate of moments coming alive
Reflecting the colors of the heart and mind
Stroke after stroke, brushes caresses it
Coming alive, with passionate undertones
In cahoots with the painter, an **** of colors
Brushes of passion, colors the emptiness
A masterstroke of the painter; the canvas is filled
With these kaleidoscopic moments
Vivid imagery of the painter’s heart, is an Arts saga
  *




© Amitav (Radiance)
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