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2013-06-18 08:14:56 (69 comments, 18 reshares, 256 +1s)

Night of Passion

Passion is built
on the soul's intent
Formed by the focus
of the mind
Shaped with the heart
and it's beloved facets
The mere endeavors
sculpt the internal being
opening eyes
to the problematic
evil passions
dwelling in others
Push past 
these fellows' faults
not with judgment
but a clarifying
innovation
made of pure passions
that are resolute
in the Perfecter's mind
Bringing light
to a darkened soul
is the basis
of true passion
that ought to
burn with zeal
in the heart 
of the lovers of the Lamb
So burn on
avid adventures
with not your own
but God's will
lifting your chins
one by one

––Trevor Schulte

Edited in Photoshop CS6.

The elk is courtesyof LG... more »

2013-06-18 07:09:09 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 77 +1s)

2013-06-17 08:05:17 (42 comments, 10 reshares, 234 +1s)

Magic Encounters: Early Morning Light

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

––Albert Schweitzer 

Edited in Photoshop CS6.

The deer is courtesy of Momotte2stocks at deviantart.

2013-06-17 08:01:24 (58 comments, 1 reshares, 98 +1s)

New Profile Picture

2013-06-14 08:19:46 (137 comments, 59 reshares, 598 +1s)

Fields of Yellow

If I should think of love 
I'd think of you, your arms uplifted, 
Tying your hair in plaits above, 
The lyre shape of your arms and shoulders, 
The soft curve of your winding head. 
No melody is sweeter, nor could Orpheus 
So have bewitched. I think of this, 
And all my universe becomes perfection. 
But were you in my arms, dear love, 
The happiness would take my breath away, 
No thought could match that ecstasy, 
No song encompass it, no other worlds. 
If I should think of love, 
I'd think of you.

––Shakespeares Sonnets

Edited in Photoshop CS6.

2013-06-14 07:52:18 (64 comments, 1 reshares, 102 +1s)

Self-Portrait #4 –– Anger Management 

Some days are worse than others and some things makes you more angry than others. Personally I don't normally become angry easily, but if someone provokes me for, say some 30 minutes or so, I just might get angry. I mean ANGRY, like in REALLY angry. Be unfair and show no regrets and I will become angry. Be a jerk and don't say you're sorry and I will get pissed off. You get my point...

9/11 made me angry, George Bush pissed me off on a daily basis, the violent gang rapes in India really made me angry and now it's time to just stop these ramblings of mine and upload selfie #4.

Cheers! Have a GREAT weekend and stay cool... :)

2013-06-13 13:34:22 (91 comments, 15 reshares, 302 +1s)

Rest In Peace #ForAli  

It is always hard when someone we care for is taken from us. I heard a couple of days ago from a friend of mine that she lost her good friend. Her name was +Alison Thurston. Cancer and organ failure finally got the best of her. I never got the chance to get to know her but from what I have read and seen in her feed here on Google+, she was a fine loving person.

God gives and God takes, but at age 35, I think that God should have given a bit more. Alison will be missed and remembered, not only by her loved ones, but by all of us here on Google+ that had the opportunity to interact with her.

The fight is over, the pain is gone. No more tears, no more fears. The angels in heaven will sing for Alison and give her what she could not have here on earth. Life is unfair and my prayers go out to her family and friends.

I dedicate this... more »

2013-06-12 08:28:42 (56 comments, 40 reshares, 389 +1s)

Princess of the Night

How you travel across the nights sky and passing me by. 
How I dream to grow a pair of Valiant wings to reach you night 
princess. 
Oh, how I dream to fly. 
To take on the world by storm, beside you, where you can see me. 
How I wish this wasn't just a dream. 
To talk for an eternity and travel the galaxy far. 
To have a scene under the radiant stars. 
Just one moment to be where you are. 
Oh, night princess how you seem so far. 
You shall forever be in my heart.  

––Andrue Finley

Edited in Photoshop CS6.

Objects courtesy of moonchild-lj-stock and ElenaDudina at deviantart.

2013-06-11 06:44:32 (71 comments, 19 reshares, 329 +1s)

Golden Moments – A Dedication To Life

Life is a lot of work. What is it that gives us the strength to continue when we are tired and burned out? Sometimes an inspirational idea can help us renew ourselves and be filled with strength to fulfill our life's purpose. Inspiration comes in many forms. However, the root of all inspiration is the idea that our lives are meaningful. Inspiration is knowing that what I do matters deeply to the universe. When you have the feeling that your actions are meaningful, you will become filled with strength and vigor to fulfill your life's purpose.

Edited in Photoshop CS6.

The swan is courtesy of solstock at deviantart.

2013-06-10 09:00:46 (37 comments, 27 reshares, 279 +1s)

The Sun Goes Down

When the sun goes down, 
The sun is jealous of the moon
When the sun goes down
The sun will have his revenge soon
When the sun goes down
The sun puts in plan in hand
When the sun goes down
It rises up again 

––Cara Cadmen

Edited in Photoshop CS6.

The girl is courtesy of Cutoutstock at deviantart.

2013-06-11 06:32:27 (47 comments, 1 reshares, 164 +1s)

Self-Portrait #3 –– A New Day

What is a new day? Just another sunrise? More duties? New opportunities? I could contemplate over that for quite a while actually. It can be very enlightening. Or rather; it is very enlightening. I think I will dedicate this day to that... What is a new day?

Have a great week everybody!

Cheers! 

2013-06-07 09:25:57 (64 comments, 32 reshares, 366 +1s)

When The Children Cry

Little child
Dry your crying eyes
How can I explain
The fear you feel inside?

'Cause you were born
Into this evil world
Where man is killing man
And no one knows just why
What have we become?
Just look what we have done
All that we destroyed
You must build again

When the children cry
Let them know we tried
'Cause when the children sing
Then the new world begins

Little child
You must show the way
To a better day
For all the young

'Cause you were born
For all the world to see
That we all can live
With love and peace

No more presidents
And all the wars will end
One united world
Under God

When the children cry
Let them know we tried
'Cause when the children sing
Then... more »

2013-06-06 16:43:22 (54 comments, 20 reshares, 326 +1s)

Sail Away

Come sail away with me on the ocean tide
We'll man those sails side by side
With the sun on our head, the wind in our face
There could never be a better place

We'll find a paradise island yet unknown
Then claim that island as our own
Where we will frolic together on the sand
Come sail with me to a far away land

Sail away with me we'll ride the squalls
Come sail with me, the ocean calls
It's a rhythmic call for us to sail away 
Oh please sail away with me today

Together we'll face sunsets on the sea
Sunsets made special, you're with me
The morning sun will refresh our day
And keep all dangers, far, far away

On our beach we'll soak up the sun
With arms entwined we'll become one
There'll be a hut that I will build
Eat food from... more »

2013-06-14 07:24:40 (500 comments, 112 reshares, 239 +1s)

In The Spotlight –– Page Announcement

I have started a new Spotlight thing in my feed (or really it is an older concept I used even on Instagram years ago). I will promote one great photographer every day and showcase a picture or two from that persons feed.

There is now a page as well, +In The Spotlight, where I will further promote all the spotlighted pictures. Feel free to add it to your circles.

I will also collect all the spotlighted people in a circle and share it when it hits 100 persons.

But! Read on... I want YOU to help me promote great people from your circles. Name your favorites here in the comments and I will check their feeds (and yours) and maybe one of your friends (or you) will end up in my Spotlight one of these days...

If you want to reshare this post, feel free to do so. You'll earn my eternal admiration if youdo.... more »

2013-06-05 06:53:01 (37 comments, 10 reshares, 273 +1s)

If I Were A Cloud

If I were a cloud, 
A twirl of madness, 
Flowing past, 
On the throne of the sky, 
My symphony aloud, undaunted! 
Move as I May, 
Brush against the Sun, 
A charming flux, 
All day, ruthless walk-
On the heart of the sky.
My elegant style, My mood! 
Thunder and roar! 
The world I rule! 

Edited in Photoshop CS6.

2013-06-04 10:24:40 (39 comments, 1 reshares, 131 +1s)

Self-Portrait #2 –– Shoot Myself

This one is not a traditional self-portrait but still it's a shot of me taking a selfie. The one who caught me in the act was the talented +Lorena Masi. Thanks Lorena for sending the picture to me.

Please note the face of deep concentration! :)

I don't know if this Selfie Project brings out the narcissist within me but I have loads of fun planning my shots.

Have a great Tuesday!

2013-06-05 04:30:18 (48 comments, 13 reshares, 282 +1s)

Freedom

Freedom is not freedom,
but the path destined to take.

----Guy-Adler Dorelien

Edited in Photoshop CS6.

2013-06-02 10:01:29 (44 comments, 22 reshares, 284 +1s)

Forest Light

Enjoy the light, I know I do... Happy Sunday everybody – I hope your weekend was great!

2013-05-31 15:55:44 (64 comments, 17 reshares, 247 +1s)

Words

Be careful with your words.
Once they are spoken,
they can only be forgiven,
never forgotten.

Have a great weekend everybody!

Edited in Photoshop CS6.

2013-05-31 07:30:04 (72 comments, 15 reshares, 289 +1s)

You Are The Sun In My Life

You are the sun in the sky,
You are the light shining by,
You are the breeze in my hair,
You’re the life I want to share.

You are what makes my days go by,
You are the one I’ll tell no lies
You are the one who make me smile,
I’ll stay by you forever.

Your smile light up my day,
It makes the darkness go away,
You’re the reason I am alive,
One day you'll be my wife.

You are a very special girl,
You are apart of this special world,
I know I can't hold you right now,
But thinking of you makes me smile.

That's why I will love you always.
Forever.

––Amy J. Rhodes (slightly changed by me)

Edited in Photoshop CS6.

2013-05-30 08:35:28 (72 comments, 32 reshares, 379 +1s)

Far Away

I lay in my bed and think about you
I love you so much I don't know what to do
I feel your warmth at my side
The pain in my heart moves to my eyes
So far away yet always so near
You are the reason I am still here.

I await the times when we can talk
I await the times we can finally hold hands and walk
To feel you for real... so close to me
The happiest person in the world is what you would make me.

Your eyes shine like a million suns
You shine more brightly than anyone
Your smile so sweet can help but make me smile
It stops my world even for a little while
I await the time when my hand is in yours
To hear you say those 3 little words.

There are still no words I can say to describe
My heart it aches and my eyes they cry
But when we talk my heart flies
you always wipe... more »

2013-05-29 12:24:39 (64 comments, 2 reshares, 174 +1s)

Self-Portrait #1 –– Reflections

Today I will start a new series called Self-Portraits. I won't post to the album all that often but from time to time. Just for fun. I have seen many do the same (+Lorena Masi +Esperanza Uno +Lotus Carroll  to name of few of my inspirational sources) and I thought I´d have a go at it as well.

This first selfie is called "Reflections" –– for obvious reasons –– but there's more to it than just the computer screen reflection. Sometimes we need to look deep into ourselves to understand what we really want from life. It's not easy but it sure is refreshing. We reflect what we are, therefore we should reflect upon who we want to be.

Have fun! I will... :)

2013-05-29 07:36:38 (46 comments, 20 reshares, 305 +1s)

Longing For You

I long for you
I ache for you
The thirst in my heart hurts
The desire in my belly aches
I long for you
And it burns me inside
Flames of passion engulf me
I long for you
Your heart and soul
Your everything, right here with me
No holding back, no barriers
Is it possible to own someone’s heart?
I want to know I possess yours
That it belongs to only me
Mine I have given to you
Its no longer mine
It beats for you

Our first kiss sealed it
It was composed in heaven
I never thought it was possible
That lips touching lips
Could feel like magic
That I could float out of my body
And reach a beautiful sanctuary
Of glorious and passionate bliss
A quiet place where my heart stopped
Then beat again with an intensity
Not earthly possible
Myh... more »

2013-05-27 07:27:14 (63 comments, 13 reshares, 291 +1s)

What Are You?

You attract what you are, not what you want.
So if you want it, then reflect it.

Edited in Photoshop CS6.

2013-05-26 18:28:03 (63 comments, 62 reshares, 336 +1s)

Let's Catch The Light

To me photography is all about light... If you want to catch the best of it you must be prepared to wait, wait and wait...

Happy Sunday everybody and have a great week!

2013-05-24 08:15:22 (78 comments, 41 reshares, 376 +1s)

I Will Wait A Lifetime For You

You hide behind your feelings
and keep the truth locked away,
but there is so much said
in the things you don’t say

You innocently, tell me
our time has come and gone
and that we can’t go back
but I don’t believe it
and this time you’re wrong

The distance you put between us
is nothing more than time lost;
a place for your feelings to hide,
yet I can hear the love in your voice
each time we talk

My patience has no end
when it comes to loving you
and I will wait a lifetime
for you to see the truth

Real love doesn’t go away
it doesn’t fade into the past,
it goes on forever
and always finds its way back

I will wait a lifetime for you
because you are my soul,
and behind all of your doubt
I know youcan’t let g... more »

2013-05-23 08:14:46 (61 comments, 21 reshares, 403 +1s)

Life in the Fast Lane

Live fast 
Die faster 
Modern life’s a disaster
Fast food
Fast cars 
And cyber sex monkeys
T.V junkies
Easy hunnies
And playboy bunnies
Designer drugs
Bad religion
Caught up in superstition
Rolex watches and bling
Wanting to be a king or queen
Or at least seen
Gambling for kicks
Sex drugs and alcohol and movie flicks
Our heroes are self indulgent freaks
Reinventing their cheeks
And facial features with plastic.
Elastic knickers and kickers from sweatshops
While the workers drain the tear drops from their eyes and dream of being well off like us
A modern life full of pus
Living in the mirror of death and its hideous overbearing stench
Of the wench that is modern life

––Daniel Hooks

Edited in Photoshop CS6.

Thecrow is ... more »

2013-05-22 18:04:15 (77 comments, 36 reshares, 597 +1s)

Together Forever

Every moment we spent together
Has touched our lives, our souls forever
The things that we shared and learned
Is permanent growth that we've earned.

The person that I have grown into today
Did not get there by chance, no way
I am who I am partly because of you
And you are YOU because of me, too

The changes I see
and what I have learned about me
are a response to how we affected our lives
and what we discover in each others eyes.

It is uncertain if we have to part or one day live together 
Either way, we have touched our lives forever!
No matter what the future will show
No matter what we are told.

We are connected on such a deep levels
That no one can remove that, not even the devil.
Our feelings might be different a year from now
But you are part of... more »

2013-05-20 07:29:35 (60 comments, 16 reshares, 255 +1s)

Dancing

Dance the night away
For a beautiful dreaming
Meet your longing in a day
Like a daybreak beaming
Romantic feelings inside
That in night you found
Thru your day will glide
Till your dreams come around

Dance the night to heart
Find shades you adore
It’s a fresh morning start
Like your own wishing star
All the moods in the hour
From a moon-lited night
Is your blooming flower
In your romantic flight

Dance the night and find
What dreams are made of
Leave your worries behind
On dream wings and its love
If you still are in doubt
In a nighttime like this
Look at clouds far about
In their magic and bliss 

––Peter S. Quinn

Edited in Photoshop CS6.

2013-05-20 16:02:58 (38 comments, 39 reshares, 256 +1s)

Photoshop Sunday

I do all my work in Photoshop (CS6 now) and I just want to say Happy Sunday to you all with this album reshare.

"Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it."
––Rabindranath Tagore

2013-05-17 10:31:17 (72 comments, 12 reshares, 251 +1s)

Abandoned

You said you would never leave,
But then away you went.
Only to come back again,
I wish I knew what you meant,

When you said it was for good.
I wish I only knew that forever meant whenever,
And soon you would be gone again,
Are you going to come back again, ever?

You know where I am today?
I am sitting at our old house.
The one you used to live in with me,
And my sister, your daughter, my mother, your spouse.

Maybe you will never know the heartache you caused
Because you will never know me
You will never be my dad again.
Do you even remember how to be?

Well pops, I guess this is goodbye.
I won't talk to you again,
I won't see your face or the back of your head fading farther away.
Never ever, not now, not even then.

––Brooke OHaire
E... more »

2013-05-16 08:12:01 (57 comments, 19 reshares, 344 +1s)

Times Gone By

The door is closed to years gone by
My past, it has been sealed
I've moved ahead with life in hopes
New promises be revealed

I cannot travel backwards
Time will not permit me so
And should the gift arrive one day
I'll not accept, please know

Your faces are just memories now
I've allowed the time go by
Only photo's hold stead too
The life t'was you and I

I'll decline the invitation
To rekindle time's gone past
For some good things are great
But not said things can last

I'll still recall time fondly
As if t'were never mine to dispose
And you shall always be a part of me
Though where, god only knows

Tis truly a part of living though
This game we play along
And I am sorry with all my heart
But those... more »

2013-05-15 07:38:39 (56 comments, 16 reshares, 305 +1s)

Young & Free

I buried my father in my heart.
Now he grows in me, my strange son,
My little root who won’t drink milk,
Little pale foot sunk in unheard-of night,
Little clock spring newly wet
In the fire,little grape, parent to the future
Wine, a son the fruit of his own son,
Little father I ransom with my life.

––Li-Young Lee

Edited in Photoshop CS6.

The horse is courtesy of PixXyAngel AND kittykitty5150 at deviantart.

2013-05-14 08:20:11 (68 comments, 16 reshares, 285 +1s)

Morning Light

Say hello to the dawn’s arrival 
Open your eyes to a brand new day 
Lift your head to feel the sun’s blessing 
The morning light will show you the way 
The morning light will show you the way 
Each gentle ray blesses the living 
We all reach out for its energy 
Its gentle warmth it will caress you 
The morning light will show you the way 
The morning light will show you the way 
For every tree and every flower 
That dances in the sun 
For children playing in the daytime 
And having their fun 
For every broken heart that sees the 
Light of day 
The morning light will show you the way
The morning light will show you the way 
Illuminating all that it touches 
Brings out the color of the world 
Its warmth it gives us good feelings 

The morninglight will show us the ... more »

2013-05-13 11:15:25 (50 comments, 7 reshares, 240 +1s)

New Beginning

A new day dawns full of possibilities.
The fresh pains of raw wounds still linger
a new chance to rewrite an old story.

––Tamara Haddock

Edited in Photoshop CS6.

–The crow is courtesy of +Lorena Masi._

2013-05-10 08:00:09 (60 comments, 8 reshares, 283 +1s)

Stronghold

I’m clumsy.
I poured my heart into a cup with no bottom.
Let my soul
Fly into a bar-less cage.
Or maybe..
Maybe I’m wrong.
Maybe there were bars on that cage.
So many bars
I couldn’t tell the difference.
Not immediately.
At the beginning,
It all looked normal.
As normal as normal can look
From this perspective
This twisted
Backwards
Sideways
View.
So I went ahead.
And shared my story
Thinking it would be safe.
Then it was as if
I hadn’t said anything at all.
Like the spoon had holes,
The backpack didn’t zip,
There was a hole 
In the atmosphere.
The information didn’t make a dent.
You didn’t care.
Or so I thought.
But now I see
It’s more like the opposite.
The box is sealed,
The book is closed,The cage is a ... more »

2013-05-08 18:45:53 (89 comments, 48 reshares, 261 +1s)

My Heart Is Your Castle

If I could give you a castle, I would
But I can bestow you my heart,
lend you my love and my affection
for as long as you want it
The pains of the past are gone
and the future is ours to build
Together we are strong,
and nothing can keep us apart
Not now,
not ever.

Images edited in Photoshop CS6.

2013-05-04 12:00:14 (65 comments, 20 reshares, 283 +1s)

Crow Saturday

Do you remember my crows? They remember you! lol

Have a great Saturday everybody... :D

The bare bough tree was lonely
that day that I passed by my road,
while the wind blew without a gad
and a strange pride gave to me,
blowing through all the desert valley,
under the grim sky like a sombre cloud,
and feeling small I would remain silent
without the tree I would not be content
and noticing so the black crow,
that was waiting the due tempest,
before flying away swift and low.

––Ciarli

All editing done in Photoshop CS.

2013-05-03 13:46:00 (63 comments, 23 reshares, 256 +1s)

Love Lost

The loss of a lover, whether because they have passed on or for any other reason is a heartbreaking experience. Some never fully recover. There might always be a small place in your heart that holds the pain of this experience. This is natural and fine. Even when you find another person to love, it is fine to hold a place for the lover that has passed. You shared something profound together. The previous relationship that you had is not like your new relationship. Every relationship is unique and should be allowed a place in your heart. Past lovers are not to be compared to the new person in your life.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Some say a broken heart is like a shattered vase
Fragile pieces scattered all over the place.
The shattered pieces of broken glass seem to go everywhere
Unlike the pieces of a broken heart that seem to pierce your... more »

2013-05-03 15:37:32 (74 comments, 27 reshares, 388 +1s)

Dancing In The Light

Dancing light from sky to fields
Every flower is glowing
Dreams of nature life now wields
As the winter is now going
Sunshine coming in morning wake
Day is again born new
Darkish shadows away all now take
Let green scenery through

Summers in the sun and sky
Every moment is of gold
Love songs of fields amplify
Stories those yet are untold
Breeze growing through the distance
With colors fresh and wild
All in its revive and its trance
Newborn to earth and styled

Dancing light to rise and quiver
Promising more to come
Sunshine and summer to deliver
To all of its earth blossom
Their love songs of day and night
Bringing life shades through
Once again in their fresh flight
To make all bright and new 

––Peter S. Quinn

Editedin P... more »

2013-05-02 11:36:18 (89 comments, 38 reshares, 332 +1s)

Wild At Heart

This band of untamed horses,
follow a path, and often change their courses.
No one can tell them where to roam.
They live in this wild pasture land called home.

Nothing but wind can groom their manes.
They gallop effortlessly on these stretching plains.
They graze on this dry pasture, so wide.
And only to themselves may they confide.

They are quickly ready to defend or fight.
And they shelter one another against the night.
Who are "they" you may surprisingly ask.
They are American Mustangs, and prosper with each and every task.

But their spirits never will be tamed.
Yet you can still ride them, and they can be named.
In representing themselves, and in being free, they will gladly take part.
Because they have, and always will, remain true to themselves, wild at heart.... more »