Tuesday, 22 February 2011

captured memories

brother, I hold the empty bottle while you look afar
but I will look at you and the camera too
he needs to make memories, so do we.
you look not at him or me yet stand there for us
you might look forced but it isn't so
I engulf you, and that too you know
when we have found our chosen path
we will look back at this.
his proud face, he capturing us in the photo, this moment
for you and me to cherish, for him to hold.

"I will spin the bottle, make it timeless"

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I dedicate this poem to all three who are alluded to.....here. Especially the one who captured the images....for us to see...
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23 comments:

  1. Ramesh Sood22 February 2011 at 08:45

    A lovely flow of feelings.. God bless!!!

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  2. Jannie Funster22 February 2011 at 10:20

    So , you play spin the bottle in your country too? :)

    I do like photo memories.

    xo

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  3. Brian Miller22 February 2011 at 15:42

    ha. played a few games of that in my day...

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  4. James22 February 2011 at 16:04

    I really like those last lines, suggesting as they do the third party's exclusion yet unwillingness to let go.

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  5. Kavita22 February 2011 at 18:10

    bless the soul that invented the camera!!
    "for you and me to cherish, for him to hold." -- that really spoke oodles! I think I have to run back to some of 'em old albums RIGHT NOW..

    Thanks for this memory-filled share, Gautami..

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  6. flaubert22 February 2011 at 18:43

    Fantastic Gautami and I love the
    last two lines.

    Pamela

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  7. BKP22 February 2011 at 18:47

    I see this from the fourth perspective. The man behind the camera, behind the camera, to paraphrase Mr. Chuck Palahniuk's "Haunted."

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  8. hedgewitch22 February 2011 at 19:04

    Interesting and tantalizing arrangement of symbols and images, with all the space in the world to interpret them.

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  9. jtwhitaker.com22 February 2011 at 19:40

    something to chew on awhile...love that.

    thanks for stopping by my place...appreciated that.

    :)

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  10. hpicasso22 February 2011 at 21:56

    a poem that eats like a meal :-)

    Peace, hp

    thank you for stopping by

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  11. Claudia22 February 2011 at 22:52

    yes - we need to make memories..and we played this game as well..smiles..

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  12. Padmavani23 February 2011 at 01:19

    I can see the situation unfold as I read your poem. I can feel the compassion as well... Well said.

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  13. Strummed Words23 February 2011 at 03:27

    I like this timeles photo!

    The Anthologist

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  14. Mary23 February 2011 at 04:17

    So many memories are preserved in photographs. Nice to look back at them and remember not only the scene but the feelings behind the scene.

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  15. Shashi23 February 2011 at 04:37

    Dear Gautami

    its so beautiful.. I enjoyed reading your words... lovely.


    ॐ नमः शिवाय
    Om Namah Shivaya
    http://shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.com/2011/02/whispers-tanka-and-search-for-being.html
    Connect with me at Twitter @VerseEveryDay

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  16. ravenswingpoetry.com23 February 2011 at 07:20

    I liked how you personified the camera and made him living instead of just a cold observer. Funny how even photographs can become safe places.

    -Nicole

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  17. Eric 'Bubba' Alder23 February 2011 at 08:32

    Playing "Spin The Bottle" eh?
    (Ah, youth!)

    Nice One Shot, Gautami!

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  18. Joseph Harker23 February 2011 at 09:14

    I think you mentioned on WWP that you had photos in mind for this, but it was a pleasant surprise that it was about the action of photos and capturing moments themselves, rather than a single photo. That really brought it to life.

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  19. barbara23 February 2011 at 12:25

    Reminds me of the snapshots in my shoebox. Quite a few from the side, pictures of someone taking a photo of a group.

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  20. wordsasunder23 February 2011 at 15:40

    Photos are wonderfully evocative and this poem therefore doubly so..well written :)

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  21. Wayne Pitchko23 February 2011 at 16:45

    well done...nicely written Gautami.....and as usual loved reading and taking in your words

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  22. signed...bkm23 February 2011 at 21:04

    delightful way to capture the simple lovely pleasure of taking an photo...beautiful...bkm

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  23. annell24 February 2011 at 09:03

    Lov the image of the spinning bottle!

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