Poet’s Corner: Knowing what I know

EDITOR’S NOTES: We are publishing this poem for Halloween week because of what will be most people’s initial reaction to it — but the verse written by the photographer gives the viewer pause for thought — don’t judge a book by its cover… don’t assign emotions and names, fears and prejudice immediately… be open to the beauty of the World.

I can’t help it

knowing that I know,

what I know and that

I feel like I feel

it’s so near yet far

because of the complexity

of the issue yet precious

to me and I don’t expect anyone to

understand it but it’s so beautiful

like if the hand of god manifested

and specifically made it for me


……………. by Colin Johnson, Solemn Photography.
Colin lives in Eldorado, Colorado,
but came from Nederland, Colorado

Photograph taken in Elbert County, Colorado

For more photos of abandoned buildings, go to his Solemn Photography Facebook page.