Melbourne Candid Series #1296 Flagstaff Garden

 

He steps where drumbeats braid the air,
A living glyph of bone and flame;
Painted death upon his stare,
Yet pulse and breath deny the name.

Feathers crown the mortal frame,
Silver rings with ritual sound;
Each measured step recalls a claim
The earth remembers, tightly bound.

Not death, but homage does he wear—
A vow the moving body keeps:
That life, once faced with ending’s glare,
Learns deepest truth when memory leaps.

Sony A7RV

FE 135mm f1.8 GM

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