The Stars at Night are Big and Bright…
Category: photography
Twinkle, Little Star
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
like a Diamond, in the sky.
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
How I wonder what you are.
When the blazing sun is gone,
When the nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
Then the traveller in the dark,
Thanks you for your tiny spark,
He couldn’t see which way to go,
If you did not twinkle so.
In the dark blue sky you keep,
And often through my curtains peep,
For you never shut your eye,
Till the sun is in the sky.
As your bright and tiny spark,
Lights the traveller in the dark,—
Though I know not what you are,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
Happy New Year!
From myself, my family, and for all my readers, Happy New Year 2009! May you all have a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
The Christmas Wrapping Paper
(Dedicated to my Grandmother, born New Years Day, who passed away 2 days ago. This is JJ’s first Christmas Gift that he is wearing in this picture.)
The day after my mom died
Was Christmas morning
There were so many wonderful gifts
Under our tree.
We opened them peacefully
Mom would have wanted it that way.
She would have wanted
Her grandchildren to have a good Christmas.
I held back my tears
As each gift was opened
And that Christmas is such a blur,
But it is March now
And I still see the tiny patches of paper
In a corner of my dining room
That I carefully ripped from each gift
To look at later
Of all the love we got
That Christmas
Which was hard for me to see then
Through teary eyes.
Connie Webb
Original Image (Jesse Stay)
Poem Author: Connie Webb
Forbidden Fruit
o, how i long for that kiss
the one kiss
that holds so much meaning
the one that can tell you
so much about a person
even if you’ve known them
all your life
the 1st kiss is as forbidden as the last
scared to start
becuz we are scared of how it’ll end
the forbidden kiss
that we yearn for
like adam & eve
the forbidden fruit
the taste so sweet
and then they were no longer blind
that kiss is just the same
take the chance
the forbidden kiss
full of temptation
‘let our lips do
what our hands do’
romeo told juliet to
take the chance
the forbidden kiss
might be just as sweet.
–Malika Giddens (A 13 Year Old!)
Poem Source (Malika Giddens)
Just as the Sun
I took this photo the day before my Grandfather’s funeral this year. The fog rolled in on the Huntington Beach Pier, producing one of the most beautiful sunsets I ever saw. It was as though my grandfather had touched the heavens and smiled at me. It was a peaceful and serene moment. This was written by him:
Just as the sun
Which blesses us
During the day
With light and warmth–
And in the evening
Drops below the horizon
Leaving us
In the chill dark of night–
Is not extinguished!
But shines still
On distant shores
Blessing with its radiance
Other Souls
Beyond our view
So this dear one
Who warmed our hearts
And lighted our lives
Through the day–
Now gone
Beyond the limited horizon
Of our mortal view.
Leaving us
In dark sorrow
And chill loneliness–
Is not dead!
But sheds warmth and light
On dear souls gone before
–Jesse E. Stay (my Grandfather)
