redorgray: two of me

two of me

under droplets of sweet summer rain

white

under rays of intense warm sunshine

i
am
like a
flower
bloom & wilt
grow & wither
sway on a breeze
stand still & silent

29 comments:

Vanessa said...: what a beautiful find. i especially like the white one!; 7/30/2009
Pugelicious said...: What lovely photos - just love the first one - the serenity of the solitary white flower and the colours in the hibiscus are stunning.; 7/30/2009
Journey said...: Love, love, love the white flower!!; 7/30/2009
Anonymous said...: The lighting on the 2nd flower is extraordinary!; 7/30/2009
Joan Elizabeth said...: I really like the thoughts in the poem ... I'm a flower too.; 7/30/2009
Country Girl said...: White flowers are so difficult to photograph! Yours wins the prize.

Beautiful photos, as always.; 7/30/2009
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Memories Of Mine said...: I love the light in both these photos it defiantly screams SUMMER :); 7/30/2009
Leah said...: Lovely and peaceful!; 7/30/2009
spread your wings said...: that white flower is stunning against the dark background and dotted with rain. love your words today as well. hope you day is one of blooming.; 7/30/2009
Anonymous said...: i love the first one - probably because i am often surrounded by the hibiscus and the white is something new to the eye. so much to catch up on today!!!; 7/30/2009
A said...: as always, beautiful words to go with your beautiful photos.; 7/30/2009
Mrs. E said...: Your photos are just magnificent! And you have the gift of pairing them with just the right words!!; 7/30/2009
Anonymous said...: Great photos and words!
Just beautiful!; 7/30/2009
Operaton You said...: So sweet! I smell the sweetness of the flowers and feel the sweetness of your words!; 7/30/2009
Shelli said...: Beautiful, ELK!!!; 7/30/2009
Jane said...: Stunningly beautiful my friend.; 7/30/2009
Tabitha Blue said...: The pictures are gorgeous and so is your writing!! Just lovely! Enjoy the wet and warmth of summer... we sure are!

:)
~Tabitha; 7/30/2009
Sharon said...: Beautiful!

Is the first a rain lily?

And I love the lighting on the hibiscus.; 7/30/2009
joyce said...: "Like a flower needs the sun to be a flower, people need love to be people".

Love your dog in the last post too!; 7/30/2009
patty said...: how gorgeous! all of it!; 7/30/2009
leaca said...: beautiful. I am not looking forward to the time I will not see blooming everywhere.; 7/30/2009
Jeanne Frances Klaver said...: I've always loved photos of one flower. They're each so unique (just as you and I are—I can hear you whisper this in my ear). I love the analogy in this post: blooming and wilting, growing and withering...; 7/30/2009
beth said...: me too...
swaying in the breeze hanging on for dear life !; 7/30/2009
robin-bird said...: does this mean you are a gemini like me?!?? love that first shot!; 7/30/2009
MedaM said...: This is so beautiful! Gorgeous flowers as well as your writing!; 7/31/2009
chenoa said...: this takes my breath away! a beautiful flower are you{adorning the world}!!!; 8/02/2009
Relyn Lawson said...: you
are also
a poet. again.; 8/03/2009
breathe as me said...: oh yes... how some days it is wilting in the rain and some days it is blooming in the sun... and in it all somewhere is this paradox called "me"...

lovely images (as always)...; 8/04/2009

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