Lately Lily

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Lately Lily

admired far and wide
not all that long ago

said to be a beauty
before she faded so


not like they disappear
or anything like that

(are people like that too
we may have to wonder)


that once we mature
our colours fade

sad visible decay
fading our colours
making us invisible

we know we're more
than that (or hope so)


petals begin to rot
before they fall

dry up when they fade
losing extravagant colour

vestigial beauty remains
a ghost of our former beauty
while inwardly we grow
some other kind of beauty

Published by murray robertson

I make photos to make myself feel good; I share in hope of making you feel good. I do as much as I can in the camera, but it does not always end there. Part of making an image in the 21st century is processing a captured image in the computer. This is like dodging and burning in the darkroom of yesterday. (I've done that too.) I use Photoshop cc and Lightroom cc. The result is not always what I saw, sometimes more what I wish I saw. Sometimes, the resulting image is a creation more than a recording. Most of the time, I keep it believable and realistic. I have a Bachelor's degree in Creative Writing. I have shared poems on the internet, to an audience with more than 150 million views and I'm considering making a selection of poems, in a book or books.

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