Intuitive Photo Series #1: Shelter


Welcome to my Intuitive Photo Series Challenge.

When I look at photos, I see, feel, hear, smell, and sometimes taste poems or stories. They’re not always stories that are obvious, but they are very real to me, and I feel them in a very real and physical way.

In this series, I will be receiving everyday photos from friends & family and challenging myself to write whatever comes to me.

This challenge is very intuitive and automatic. I won’t be outlining or planning anything. I will not make corrections or edits to the prose in any way. I will rely solely on my intuition and write what comes from looking at the photo.

This photo came from Susan Del Moore Photography
Thank you, Susan, for the photo. I hope you enjoy the poem.

Shelter


Strength
Power
Resilience

What lies beneath?
The roots of a living
breathing
soul

What secrets are you keeping?
How many lives have you saved?

Nurturer
Rescuer
Protector to some
Enemy to others

A world below the water’s edge
How deep can you go?
How far do you travel?

A web of lies
Intertwined
Entangled

And the truth
is found
in the stillness

Safe yet
mysterious

Who hides in the shadows
the soil
the water?

You have been given
great strength
power
and resilience

You are shelter
You are a refuge
You are home


Amberley Charlotte ©2023
Photo Cred:
Susan Del Moore Photography

She waits

She waits

Staring at
what could be

She waits for
a sound
a smell
a feeling

She’s hopeful

She’s never
discouraged

She knows
one day
what she’s seeking
will come

So
she waits….

Amberley Charlotte ©2023
Photo Cred: Willgard Krause

I Can Feel You Breathe

I can feel you breathe

Shivers up my spine
I gasp
then
sigh

It’s you

Your strength
when the wind
blows

Your power
when the rain
falls

Your roots
dig deep
into my soul

Grounding me
Comforting me
Empowering me

Energy rushing
through my veins

I’m beginning
to feel
alive
again

Life-giver
Oxygen supplier

Natures
shelter
protection
heart
and soul

Inhale
exhale
and again

I can feel you breathe


Amberley Charlotte ©2022
Photo: Stefan Keller Pics