Exile [Common Meter]

I'm banished from the world I know,
and cast into darkness.
And I sit within a lonely 
room, accepting starkness.

The plain and empty walls and floors
have nothing left to say.
I'll venture any way I want,
but must remain a stray.

I'm not expecting sympathy.
I know that hour is gone.
I only want it to be known 
I've wandered all along.

DAILY PHOTO: Palace in the Evening Sun, Udaipur

Taken in November of 2018 in Udaipur

DAILY PHOTO: Boulder & Mountain

Taken in the Annapurna Sanctuary in the summer of 2018

DAILY PHOTO: Indo-Saracenic Arches

Taken in March of 2020 at Albert Hall Museum, Jaipur

DAILY PHOTO: Confessional in St. Stephen’s

Inside St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna in December of 2016

DAILY PHOTO: Rhododendrons & Ridges, Appalachia

Taken in November of 2021 in North Carolina

DAILY PHOTO: Jeti-Ögüz Pine Grove

Taken in the summer of 2019; Jeti-Ögüz

DAILY PHOTO: Seated Section of the Buddha Park

Taken in January of 2019 at Xieng Khuan [The Buddha Park] outside Vientiane

DAILY PHOTO: Inside Uspenski Cathedral, Helsinki

Taken in the summer of 2011 in Helsinki

DAILY PHOTO: Feeding Rhino

Taken at Lincoln Park Zoo in the summer of 2018