Destiny
A rainy Saturday Night in Chinatown Young flowers bloom between the squalls And we let the human tide carry our gaze Over a long procession of distant horizons Some lines we walk and others we cross Hoping that our name was forgotten Or lost somewhere at the bottom of the ledger Photo Hugh Ardoin The […]
You jump like the morning sun over the horizon Playing hard at the dawn of your young life Fearless and careless about time and fate Unaware that the sunset is not ahead But is following your footsteps And the Parcae slowly unravel The thin thread of your destiny Scissors in hand… Photo Hugh Ardoin The […]
Wanderings and close encounters of another kind Beautiful people you come across but never meet Destiny was probably window shopping Blame it on the sales season Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
The receiving end of society Get your tickets and passes ready Come aboard the bus of your dim destiny Riding to toil and back to sleep The digging machine of time Cuts long deep furrows in our life line Everyday somebody will get on the wrong bus Photo Hugh Ardoin The Estates of Emergency Gallery
Before the night closes shop It has so many errands to run To arrange for lovers to meet And dig the despair of the lonely ever deeper Sleepless Saturday NIghts are for the wanderers Cameras around the neck like the noose of an abrupt end Following the footsteps of this clueless destiny Who follows us […]
Wisdom in the litter of the demonstrations Evolution of humanity into a sheepish herd Extinction shall hit us like the lemmings But who will witness the transformation As we hide our faces and fears under paper bags That we call masks… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Estates of Emergency Gallery
As the pandemic masquerade goes on The waltz of masks and death Rising from the underworld As the IQ-gifted of the world Profess about the unknown And offer immunity if not immortality As destiny dances away The clock ticks and tok’s Pet Hates Toys rests in the window Photo Hugh Ardoin The Window Dressing Gallery
The long African journeys start at dusk Taking advantage of cooler yet still hot times Dimly lit machines hit the road in a flurry Destiny stands on the roadside to hike a ride It will leave you at a crossing or in a bend Or it will follow you to your destination Photo Hugh Ardoin […]
Young black beauty eager to learn the mystery of her life reading The fascination that prescience exerts like the oracles of old The urge to learn what is written on the wall of our destiny What it does not tell is how to navigate the shoals of the rivers of life Photo Hugh Ardoin The […]
A pretty young thing smiles with her eyes Staring into the cold mirror of the lens As if there was some kind of soul inside But it is just an arresting net for fragments of time Meanwhile, her friend looks intently at the girl behind Emotions dance like fireflies in the air, almost tangible While […]