Lynn Park

i take pictures. i write. i use a wheelchair that is a tool and not a definition. i love my friends and my cat, who love me back. i pray. i support occupy as best i can. i have a dry and sometimes twisted wit. i know grief and i know joy.

to paint the deep and glowing dark / in tones of light that do not lie: / this is my task before i die

and i know longing:

oh yes i harbor desire in this deviant body / these veiny bones have roots that go down deep / into what does not see / what cannot be seen

but most of all i know this:

nothing essential has been denied me

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i've been concentrating on photography for six years and feel as though i've come home. at http://abenigneye.wordpress.com i let my pictures pretty much speak for themselves. for a long time i saw myself as a poet and a writer; words hold sway at http://thebenigneye.wordpress.com where i feature poems and prose pieces on a variety of topics.