Proximity

We drive out through the country
looking for scenes to shoot,
my daughter and I with cameras,
a new lens, and time to spend
studying country views.
A pale old horse
behind a fence....
a friendly horse with time
to pose for strangers.
But the view that I remember best
was a field of tobacco
and beyond, a graveyard.
I was struck by how appropriate,
tobacco next to a graveyard.
We took our shots
and traveled on
to other winsome settings,
an old log cabin,
a scenic lake,
but my thoughts persist
and recreate that scene
of tombstones,
the backdrop of tobacco leaves so green.
My thought is that things are so seldom what they seem.



photo courtesy of guaromiami