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I enjoy photography as it is a means to memorialize time. I am a fire/rescue photographer by choice.

"There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” Elie Wiesel

"The word "revolution" has of course acquired a subversive connotation in modern times. But it has roots that are eminently respectable in American history. This country is the product of revolution. Our very being emphasizes that when grievances pile high and there are no political remedies, the exercise of sovereign powers reverts to the people. Teaching and espousing revolution-as distinguished from indulging in overt acts-are therefore obviously within the range of the First Amendment. "
- William O. Douglas, W.E.B. Du Bois Clubs v. Clark, 389 U.S. 309, 315-16 (1967)




Lifetime to fix

Contemplating deeds on my bed of death
of good and bad, toward my last breath
Things I’ve done, the rights and wrongs
of all the words, that should be songs

I think of those I’ve hurt and spurned
deserving now what I’ve earned
Scornful words to another
Offended my God, offended my brother

Given new chances I’d change my way
healing wounds prior, to judgment day
Final hours near, the clock still clicks
too little too late for a lifetime to fix

What I now know, if only then
I’d change my path from where I’d been
We have the chance from the start
but often see, when its time to part

The lessons learned when faced with death
They should have been used with each new breath
I can only hope that souls hear thoughts
or my apologies are all for naught

If life is lived in the last few hours
my spores of sorrows will bloom like flowers
For those of you left, to see and learn
the lessons are there, at every turn

Brian K. Blackden ©




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