dreams
Two pretty young ones sitting tight on the kerb Watching the tide of revelers go by wave after wave Laying long lifelines to snag a passing Prince Charming Bring your dreams to Carnival, they are your best disguise Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2011 Carnival Gallery
Shapely shapes flow like water in the rivers of your dreams Still the sun shines over the roofs as the valley of the street goes dimmer Dazed by the rhythm of the drums and hazed by vapors of the alcohols We sink like Spanish galleons with the bullion still sparkling in our eyes Photo Hugh […]
Two young black beauties put on a show for the cameras Instant of fun and fame when spirits and hopes run high We fly from dream to dream, and sometimes they crash But we will get up and start again, we never really look down the road Keep a penny for the ferryman… Photo Hugh […]
We dream, and we dream that we love, but it is just a dream And the whirling waters of life flow under the bridge The crowds on the bridge watch mesmerized, looking for a sign But their destiny just floats away, unrecognized In the distance the great towers of vanity stand tall Pretending to be […]
Young Diva play “prima donna” of Chepstow Road Seeking the moment of celebrity riding on high hopes Dreams start somewhere between selfies and unreal reality-shows But the dream is shaped like a lifesaver you wear around your neck As you float away from a Titanic of cold realities waving for the cameras… Photo Hugh Ardoin […]
Blonde in Shades and pink pants reading Sitting alone on a sunny London terrace Dreams float away but never meet A fluttering image in a waning summer light Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
Posing with his groupies, the star born again star shows his talents In the background a pet boutique and Mary’s giving shop as an annunciation All set and ready to party but the night has yet to come Shooting stars and passing clouds follow our dreams drifting in the sky Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting […]
We cast ourselves in the private show of our dreams We act in our roles to an annoying level of perfection We search for our name at the top of the billboards Discolored posters of an elusive fame in the challenge of time We rattle the sabers of our ire and carry savage attitudes To […]
Through Heaven and Hell we follow our dreams Looking for a demon, an angel or a bird of paradise They say birds of same feather flock together But why are the gates of Hell so close to garden of Eden And the divine creatures we see flying in the sky Come swooping over us in […]
We live our own cosmic lives in a universe fraught with desires The satellites of our dreams slowly circle the planet of vanities Like Icarus we get distracted by the colorful window’s fatal attraction Our heart jumps through the window to meet our perfect reflection The sudden sublimation of the ‘new me’ as we re-enter […]