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  1. Flekka was considered wise and forward-thinking. According to local legend, Flekka is buried nearby, and no ship will sink in Flekkuvík as long as her grave is visible. #Iceland #photography #nature #landscape #naturephotography #landscapephotography #abandoned #decay #concrete #graffiti #folklore

  2. Flekka was considered wise and forward-thinking. According to local legend, Flekka is buried nearby, and no ship will sink in Flekkuvík as long as her grave is visible. #Iceland #photography #nature #landscape #naturephotography #landscapephotography #abandoned #decay #concrete #graffiti #folklore

  3. Flekka was considered wise and forward-thinking. According to local legend, Flekka is buried nearby, and no ship will sink in Flekkuvík as long as her grave is visible. #Iceland #photography #nature #landscape #naturephotography #landscapephotography #abandoned #decay #concrete #graffiti #folklore

  4. Flekka was considered wise and forward-thinking. According to local legend, Flekka is buried nearby, and no ship will sink in Flekkuvík as long as her grave is visible. #Iceland #photography #nature #landscape #naturephotography #landscapephotography #abandoned #decay #concrete #graffiti #folklore

  5. Flekka was considered wise and forward-thinking. According to local legend, Flekka is buried nearby, and no ship will sink in Flekkuvík as long as her grave is visible. #Iceland #photography #nature #landscape #naturephotography #landscapephotography #abandoned #decay #concrete #graffiti #folklore

  6. WildWords – Lord of the Flies

    The flies come first
    as rumor,

    black letters of punctuation
    in the cellar air,

    small restless witnesses
    to what I have not buried.

    They find the hidden place
    before I do,

    the sweetness gone sour,
    the secret body
    given back to its elements.

    I thought death
    would announce itself
    with trumpets,

    or thunder,

    or at least
    a proper lament.

    But here it is
    in wings,

    in the frantic scripture
    of a thousand tiny bodies

    writing circles
    around the bulb.

    Lord of the flies,
    lord of the unclean corners,
    lord of what ripens
    when I refuse to look,

    you do not create the death.

    You only reveal it.

    You rise from the wound
    and make it audible.

    You gather
    where something has ended
    and been left unnamed.

    So I stand in the basement
    with paper strips hanging
    like sad yellow prayers,

    with poison in the air,
    with a broom in my hand,

    and I know
    this is not only about flies.

    Something in me
    has also gone untended.

    Some old grief
    has softened in the dark.

    Some resentment
    has been born in bitter warmth.

    Some fear
    has bred in the damp boxes
    of the soul.

    And the outer world,
    faithful as a mirror,
    begins to reflect what is within.

    The dead thing calls forth wings.

    The buried thing
    becomes a cloud.

    Lord above,
    but Lord beneath even this,

    teach me to descend
    without disgust,

    to find what has died,
    to name it,
    to remove it,

    to open the window
    where I can,

    to let the clean wind
    do its slow ministry.

    For even the fly
    is a witness,

    even decay
    is a kind of bell,

    even infestation
    can become annunciation

    if it leads me
    to the hidden corpse,

    if it leads me
    to the truth,

    if it leads me
    at last

    to bury what is dead
    and bless what still
    wants to live.

    #basement #basementSymbolism #cleansing #compoundEye #Contemplation #ContemplativePoetry #deadThings #Death #decay #dying #flies #flyVision #gothicReflection #grief #hiddenThings #infestation #innerLife #lordOfTheFlies #Mortality #natureOfDecay #outerWorld #PrayerPoem #renewal #shadowWork #SpiritualReflection #symbolicIllustration #witness
  7. WildWords – Lord of the Flies

    The flies come first
    as rumor,

    black letters of punctuation
    in the cellar air,

    small restless witnesses
    to what I have not buried.

    They find the hidden place
    before I do,

    the sweetness gone sour,
    the secret body
    given back to its elements.

    I thought death
    would announce itself
    with trumpets,

    or thunder,

    or at least
    a proper lament.

    But here it is
    in wings,

    in the frantic scripture
    of a thousand tiny bodies

    writing circles
    around the bulb.

    Lord of the flies,
    lord of the unclean corners,
    lord of what ripens
    when I refuse to look,

    you do not create the death.

    You only reveal it.

    You rise from the wound
    and make it audible.

    You gather
    where something has ended
    and been left unnamed.

    So I stand in the basement
    with paper strips hanging
    like sad yellow prayers,

    with poison in the air,
    with a broom in my hand,

    and I know
    this is not only about flies.

    Something in me
    has also gone untended.

    Some old grief
    has softened in the dark.

    Some resentment
    has been born in bitter warmth.

    Some fear
    has bred in the damp boxes
    of the soul.

    And the outer world,
    faithful as a mirror,
    begins to reflect what is within.

    The dead thing calls forth wings.

    The buried thing
    becomes a cloud.

    Lord above,
    but Lord beneath even this,

    teach me to descend
    without disgust,

    to find what has died,
    to name it,
    to remove it,

    to open the window
    where I can,

    to let the clean wind
    do its slow ministry.

    For even the fly
    is a witness,

    even decay
    is a kind of bell,

    even infestation
    can become annunciation

    if it leads me
    to the hidden corpse,

    if it leads me
    to the truth,

    if it leads me
    at last

    to bury what is dead
    and bless what still
    wants to live.

    #basement #basementSymbolism #cleansing #compoundEye #Contemplation #ContemplativePoetry #deadThings #Death #decay #dying #flies #flyVision #gothicReflection #grief #hiddenThings #infestation #innerLife #lordOfTheFlies #Mortality #natureOfDecay #outerWorld #PrayerPoem #renewal #shadowWork #SpiritualReflection #symbolicIllustration #witness
  8. One of my favourite abandoned English churches. Beautiful red sandstone walls contrast with green algae, a bitter-sweet scene of beauty and decay. What do you feel when you see abandoned churches?

    obsidianurbexphotography.com/r

    #Photography #Church #History #Abandoned #LostPlaces #Heritage #Forgotten #Decay

  9. One of my favourite abandoned English churches. Beautiful red sandstone walls contrast with green algae, a bitter-sweet scene of beauty and decay. What do you feel when you see abandoned churches?

    obsidianurbexphotography.com/r

  10. One of my favourite abandoned English churches. Beautiful red sandstone walls contrast with green algae, a bitter-sweet scene of beauty and decay. What do you feel when you see abandoned churches?

    obsidianurbexphotography.com/r

    #Photography #Church #History #Abandoned #LostPlaces #Heritage #Forgotten #Decay

  11. One of my favourite abandoned English churches. Beautiful red sandstone walls contrast with green algae, a bitter-sweet scene of beauty and decay. What do you feel when you see abandoned churches?

    obsidianurbexphotography.com/r

    #Photography #Church #History #Abandoned #LostPlaces #Heritage #Forgotten #Decay

  12. One of my favourite abandoned English churches. Beautiful red sandstone walls contrast with green algae, a bitter-sweet scene of beauty and decay. What do you feel when you see abandoned churches?

    obsidianurbexphotography.com/r

    #Photography #Church #History #Abandoned #LostPlaces #Heritage #Forgotten #Decay

  13. Rusty and dusty long-abandoned industrial tower in Seraing, Belgium. This plant processed waste coke from the nearby steelworks, transforming it into graphite.

  14. Rusty and dusty long-abandoned industrial tower in Seraing, Belgium. This plant processed waste coke from the nearby steelworks, transforming it into graphite.

    #UrbanExploration #Belgium #Industry #Photography #Rust #Industrial #Decay

  15. Rusty and dusty long-abandoned industrial tower in Seraing, Belgium. This plant processed waste coke from the nearby steelworks, transforming it into graphite.

    #UrbanExploration #Belgium #Industry #Photography #Rust #Industrial #Decay

  16. Rusty and dusty long-abandoned industrial tower in Seraing, Belgium. This plant processed waste coke from the nearby steelworks, transforming it into graphite.

    #UrbanExploration #Belgium #Industry #Photography #Rust #Industrial #Decay