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by RC DeWinter
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RC DeWinter
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Copyright 2016 RC deWinter ~ All Rights Reserved
deja you
wandering under clear blue mountain skies
lost but happy in a city i didn't know
i felt free yet safe
exploring those neatly laid out squares
opening into avenues lined with elegance
as foreign to me as the language being spoken
a careless turn found me in an alley
that somehow didn't seem to belong
unpolished
a little wild
not quite seedy but almost
irresistible all the same
a charming weed
sprouting in a well-planned garden
i felt i'd slipped into a place i'd been before
though home was half a world away
and there you were
when our eyes met
i whirled in a kaleidoscope
of sound and color
remembering exactly what i wasn't sure
except i'd known you in another time
another place
another life
and you were spinning in that memory with me
and i reached up to touch your face
but couldn't somehow
your mouth never moved
as you said
this is not the time
this is not the place
this is not the life
words i felt rather than heard
syllables prickling along the skin
of my outstretched arm
and though we never touched
i was on fire
as i stared into your eyes
so dark and deep i felt like
i was dropping down a well
and never turning
you stepped back
our eyes still locked
and melted
into a doorless windowless house
i'm sure wasn't there
until that very moment
wait i cried
but you were gone
locked away
behind the impenetrable plaster walls
of another time
another place
another life
and i am left in the here and now
with nothing
but bits of colored glass
broken mirrors
and the echo of a melody i know
but cannot name
~ copyright 2016 RC deWinter
A view of a closed-up, vine-covered building in an alley in Zurich, Switzerland. Reimagined and painted from a photograph taken by and licensed from Samuel Zeller.
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landscape, building, architecture, alley, vintage, vines, cityscape, street, street scene, summer, Zurich, Switzerland, abandoned, RC deWinter, deWinter
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Comments (19)
Nikolyn McDonald
Great contrast between the man-made (linear, regular, geometric) and the natural (free form, wandering). I love the subdued tones, too - they almost have a retro look. " . . . a charming weed sprouting in a well-planned garden " I can definitely see that in this intimate urban scene. L, F, FB, P
Nikolyn McDonald
I love a strong centered composition like this one, RC. Not only are the doors and windows boarded up, the vines are working away to prevent intruders, too. Great tones. L,F,FB
Joel Bruce Wallach
This beautiful and mysteriously fascinating wall presents a mirror for the mind to project its visions upon, RC!
Meg Shearer
I love this mysterious and atmospheric place you've painted! And I love your words and the visions and emotions they evoke. Powerful and beautiful work! l/f!