I Woke Up This Morning And Went Here/ Homeless In America
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- I Woke Up This Morning And Went Here/ Homeless In America
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We are back in Richmond tonight. Here’s a photo from this morning. I woke up about 4:30 and the person next to me was still sleeping. I slipped out and walked down to the beach. Nothing was on my mind. I was blank. And I was watching this ship on the horizon. After awhile it reached a point where the horizon started to glow a little bit and I thought “this must be where the sun is going to arrive”.
And then the ship burst into flame. Or so it seemed.
This photo is so dark. I tried to lighten it up. But nothing works. This is the way the camera felt things were at this moment. Does it seem ill-formed to you?
Time passed and I found other things to shoot. What is a good way to describe what you are doing when you take a picture? Shoot seems too much like NRA material.
There was a large woman sleeping in the sand. She had been there the day before. Later when the sun arrived she was there wrapped in her black clothing smoking a cigarette. Someone started talking about a beached whale.
I didn’t find this particularly funny. What is it like to spend your day lying in the sand? Do you talk to the sand? Do you pray to the sky?
I wanted to take her photo. But I didn’t want to invade her privacy. Everyone in the photos I took today saw her there. Nobody spoke to her. She was in a separate world. A separate universe. And I couldn’t take anything from her. So no photos.
After awhile I returned to the sky where we live. I returned to the bed that catches the breezes as they enter the room from the balcony. And I pulled the clean sheet up over my shoulder to evade the chill. My brain settled into a dream . And the woman next to me pressed her body against my back.
And the beach below received the waves and held the spirit of a large woman in a small nest.
Perhaps I will meet her in my dream. Because in the light of day the gulf is too wide and I find it too difficult to communicate with her.
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Awesome picture of the ship. I loved the sunrise behind it, just amazing. Thank you for sharing this picture, just wonderful wish I was there.
Love and blessings,
AngelBaby
Great capture David, it does seem to be exploding in flames, I personally like the darkness to it.
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Thank you both very much. Your encouragement keeps me going.
What AMAZING….I repeat…AMAZING writing. I am stunned. I feel like I peeked through a window and saw your private thoughts when you weren’t looking. I feel like I peeked through another window and saw the private life of the woman on the beach. This is so powerful it moved me to tears. It captures those private thoughts we all have but few speak. It’s like one of your poems. I am just stunned and don’t even have words to convey how this effected me. It is some of your very best writing. Such evocative feelings and insights. I am profoundly touched that you did not think their crass remarks to lady were funny. Thank you for that. I also moved deeply by the reasons you did not photograph her. Phew! Such depth there.
AND the photos are just wonderful…and yes, it REALLY looks like the ship exploded with flame. Wow, the things we miss while sleeping. I am so glad that you have your camera for these times when you wake.
I love the photography and it takes me into my own little world, a place where I leave everything else in my life behind…if only for a time.
Thank you for this beautiful post/sentiment,
Robin
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