grey like ashes

"I hear mandolins, guitars,
Spanish bagpipes,
the drums of Africa,
boatmen wailing on the Nile.

art by Ashes 57



I see sailors on watch
sipping cups of hot cocoa.
I see cathedrals, skyscrapers,

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cottages... I see
goats skipping along
the rocky coast

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Greece... I see
people chatting in
cafes , sipping wine,

gemstone bracelet
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strolling on boulevards,
and avenues...

handmade beaded bracelet
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...I'd love to bring this horse
home and let him
stay downstairs when

vintage leather pumps
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we're up in Italy but even
if I could go get him
 in, the door

1970's leather boots
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my mother would
yell at me that
the last thing we need
 

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in this house is a horse...

reversible belt
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...Mam tells me at home,
You shouldn't cry
but then again

upcycled bike tire belt
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tears are salty and
they'll wash the bad
stuff from my eyes...

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...I have to stand at the edge
of the River Shannon so that
the whole world won't see

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the tears of a man
the day he's fourteen...

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...They're back at work
and I'm down the
stairs to the next part
of my life...

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...It's too late now.
I'm on the ship
and there goes Ireland

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and it's foolish to be
standing on this deck
looking back and

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thinking of my family

...and even more foolish
 that songs are going
through my head...

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...I can pick out
the Statue of Liberty,
Ellis Island,

front of sweater
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the Empire State Building,
the Chrysler Building,
 the Brooklyn Bridge.... 

back of sweater
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"Leave a blanket of ash

Front of Nirvana dress
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on the ground"   -Nirvana

Back of Nirvana dress
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There are thousands
of cars speeding
along the roads

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and the sun turns
everything to gold...

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...That was a lovely night,
Frank. Isn't this a great
country altogether?

"Tis." -Frank McCourt

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I recently reread 
that book
Angela's Ashes.

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I'd forgotten
most of it.

Ashes In Washed Black




I must have
remembered
 I liked it.

Vivienne Westwood Fall 2010



I'd held onto
my copy, from
all those years ago.

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Some people think
that it's a
depressing book.

ash grey boot



Sometimes I think
life is depressing.

I got this somewhere off Google.
The link was off, so I don't have the source.


That book
was real.
It was his story,
the way
he remembered it.

From the ashes of the first stars
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Not everything
in life is
 colorful & bright.

Sometimes ash grey
is the perfect color.

source

Sometimes ash grey
is a mood or a feeling.