Friends’ Farewell

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Joanne Edith

Alone

In this dark place for so long

Alone, save a roll of Kodachrome

A faded blue polishing cloth,

Once used to lovingly brush away intruding

Microscopic specs of dust.

Darkness,

And yet today – a sliver of light

Persistently permeating

The tiny vents of my protective prison

Beaming through a loose louver

Into this leather encasement

Questions:

Is this my rescue from darkness?

To, once again, capture, record, interpret?

This dark, lonely space – soon a memory?

At long last, liberation?

Raison d’etre fulfilled?

Alas!

Hope wanes quickly now

After years of forgotten promise

Profound realization

Post-mortem pending

I see her clearly now – with another.

Interloper

Bedecked in cyrillic blue

The superficial chasm of comparison ever-widening

Sharing this drear destiny with my Kodachrome cassette

The fate of this old, manual SLR, now fully revealed

I, Dinosaur!

Interloper

This was written in response to Trifecta Challenge: Word Prompt: Dinosaur

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Category: Photography, Poetry, Trifecta Writing Challenge (Archives)

6 Comments on “Friends’ Farewell”

trifectawriting
August 31, 2012

Ahahaha! I have one of those dinosaurs, too. I bought it just when digital was becoming the big rage, but I defiantly told everyone that I’d stick to my old ways, that nothing could replace the satisfaction of developing film. Nothing, except perhaps being able to shoot 100 frames without wasting a penny on the 99 that turn out crappy.

Thanks for linking up!

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- BCIJo (aka Joanne Edith)
  August 31, 2012
  
  Yes…I can’t bear to part with it…I knew how to bracket each scene…manage exposures, etc. I’m happy to be I god company with a fellow dinosaur lover. Thanks for you comment!
  
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Ruby Manchanda
August 30, 2012

The end has a lovely twist.

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- BCIJo (aka Joanne Edith)
  August 31, 2012
  
  Thanks….feedback always appreciated.
  
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lumdog
August 30, 2012

Very clever. Didn’t figure it out until the end. Nice poem too. Very romantic, haha!

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- BCIJo (aka Joanne Edith)
  August 31, 2012
  
  Thanks…interesting writing from inanimate object’s point of view.
  
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