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Ants

Ants

When I am watching the ants,

The analogy with teamwork of do and don’ts

Comes to my re-constructed visions –

That came with my new glasses

And transitional lens

Letting me see from sunlight to indoors.

Wow, changed mission and vision statements?!

What it has to do with ants?

Ants, ants, ants:

Social interacts.

Ants, ants, ants

Always around, so focuses and organized,

Very talented arcane brigade

That was made

Of amazing insects, wingless,

From a different time -frame, and fearless.

Adapted survivors of cold and hot,

Could be the messengers of God.

Personal characteristics –

Detailed oriented, check;

Extremely organized, check;

Affable, easy to get to know, check;

Action-oriented, again a check!

So, who they are hiring?

Customer service representatives

Dedicated to accomplish the organization’s

Mission and goals.

O, my God, they are looking for ancient ants,

The social interacts,

Talented arcane brigade,

The amazing wingless insects,

Endless ants,

Ants, ants, and more of ants.

 

Things are seldom what they seam

"Things are seldom what they seam,
Skim milk masquerades as cream;
High-lows pass as patent leather,
Jackdaws strut in peacock's feathers."

(Gilbert and Sullivan, H.M.S. Pinafore)

What is Life?

What is life?
Nothing more than a mere tragedy making a life of its own.
Should we just accept it
Or should we just fall into the deception that everything has fair win?

Love that vanishes
Even when you try your best to hold on tight.
A love that can break by just stepping on a crack

What is the reason of this?
Continuing on and on throughout the mess of our fathers.
Where is the change that can bind us?
Where is the change that can really change us?

Seeing that the sky is blue and
Knowing the sky is blue are two separate things
Our eyes in our perception are what blind us.
They blind us from the truth that our mind is at rage about.

What is life?
We cannot let the opportunity go to waste.
To change the world is what we need.
To let everything else non-important wait.

Ospino, Cristina (2015) "What is Life"

 
Photography: Ida Tomshinsky, 2013

Who I Am? [Part 2]

I am human

Trying to find purpose

I am a hero

Trying to hide my wounds

I am free

Trying to break free of my chains

I am perfect

Trying to find some inner peace

I am me

Trying to find

Who I am.

 

(Fraga, Melisa (2015) Who I Am?"

Photography: Ida Tomshinsky, 2013

Where in the world it could be?

 

After the April showers, sun came out...

Is it industrial era country part of France or England?

Take an intelligent guess. Perhaps 17th or early 18th century...

Photography: Ida Tomshinsky, 2013

 

Who I Am?

 

I am brave

Even though I am a coward

I am strong

Even through I am completely fragile

I am fearless

Even through I hide in the corner

I am a fighter

Even through I am more of a lover

I am hopeful

Even through I see nothing but flowers

 

(Melissa Fraga, 2015)

 

National Poetry Month: 'poem in my pocket'

 

Photography: Ida Tomshinsky, 2014