Independent.

I can do it myself...

Grief

This poem reminded me of Mair.

Grief
~Langston Hughes~

Eyes
That are frozen
From not crying.

Heart
That knows
No way of dying.

Me

An updated picture of me. At a friend's party, we had photo shoots. This is the picture I like the most. Did some editting to it. :)

Dusk

Made this for a school progect. Based off the following poem:

Dusk
Langston Hughes

Wandering in the dusk,
Sometimes
You get lost in the dusk—
And sometimes not.

Beating your fists
Against the wall,
You break your bones
Against the wall—
But sometimes not.

Walls have been known
To fall,
Dusk turn to dawn,
And chains be gone!

Hurt

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This is Kyra as "the lord," from Evil Twin of Lizard Tongue. I touched on this on my blog. Well, in Abigail's notes, one theme she had was the lord cutting "its" hand. I have been wanting to do something like this a while, and today finally got to it. Yeahness!

Credits:
~flying-dolphin-stock
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Full song:
Hurt
Johnny Cash
I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing thats real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything

(Chorus)
What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know
Goes away in the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

I wear this crown of thorns
Upon my liars chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
Beneath the stains of time
The feelings dissapear
You are someone else
I am still right here

What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know
Goes away in the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

If I could start again
A million miles away
I will keep myself
I would find a way

Current Desktop - Winter

By me.

Doom

Was playing around with light and my camera. Couldn't resist. ;) Yes, be afraid. I messed with it in GIMP, made the boarder (yeah!) and all. (This is the one I was working on for over an hour and lost. I redid it.) So, away...

My House

This is for Hannah, my childhood friend. :) Love you.

Dreams

Took this at the Potomac sunset the others are from. Saw the clouds, and they reminded me of mountains. Actually took the time to mat it some. *claps* And editted it a little. :D Enjoy.

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To Kill a Mockingbird

I'm fairly happy with this, mostly because I discovered a new thing I can do while working on it. Enjoy.

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The Hours Go By

Swinging in my swing...

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Pillar

Inside the Lincoln Memorial.

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Another Dream

A day's end is just a new beginning...

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Blazing Death

One of my favorite pictures from a group of sunset ones I took on the Potomac about a week ago. :)

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Into the Light

I'm not really happy with this. Had to crop it a lot because I could not figure how to shade out the Sam and Frodo poster to my left while making my right bright enough you couldn't see my bed. :P Enjoy anyhow.

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Knowledge

Part of General Robert E. Lee's book collection. In Arlington.

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Across the River

My lil' ol' town. Looking out from Arlington.

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The Cost of War

"With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan - to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations."

-Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865.

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Once a Son

One of Abraham Lincoln’s sons, buried in Arlington. I believe it was the first one to die, and I think he was ten years old, but I don't remember the name or age. Sorry. :-P

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Blissful Innocence

Took this at Arlington, General Rober E. Lee's front yard. If you didn't know, the National Cemetary is there. During the Civil War, Yankee's invaded and made his house a hospital. And I'll stop before I start rambling about it all and bore you...

Notice the mocking bird and little Christmas tree.

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