#INSPIRATION

deshaunicus:

I love swings. Shot in Battery Park City.

Poem Inspired by Picture:

THE PAPERLESS SOCIETY

empty benches in dark grey parks;

solitary swings catching still air;

whispered footsteps;

speak the same words.

fingers busy tapping mindless games;

fingers busy forgetting the touch of sand;

fingers busy losing the feeling of holding a pen;

finding the subtle substitute for the smell of sweat.

words that flow in purple journals;

senseless doodles that stain pages of dog-eared Moleskins;

paint left beneath fingernails -

lost -

perhaps forever.

electronic monsters have taken over.

polluting you and me with -

black boxes.

-Nilofer Ashraff