color photographs

a man with a camera
crossed the sea
to see what he
might find

in the citiest city
of the world––

a garden of human
eden––
created by human
hands

he walked among its
people with an open eye
& mind

he x-rayed dreams
they keep
inside their
hearts

& embraced their souls
within the borders
of a photograph

he knew
they knew––
they were standing together
in eternity
at the edge of time

where their faces would
look out
forever
into the future

& through the lens
their beings
touched

pictures are made
of stories &
stories are made
of pictures––
wordlessly
they speak

a stack of photographs
is a movie in
the mind––
an animal in motion––
running & alive

all the photographer wanted
was to see
the Life inside
New York––

a sad &
beautiful spinning
kaleidoscope
of humanity––

illuminated by
the eye of the explorer
with a camera

a thoughtful man
with a laughing heart
who simply radiates
love