“Are you the new person drawn toward me?” by Walt Whitman [w/ Audio]

Are you the new person drawn toward me?
To begin with, take warning, I am surely far
different from what you suppose;
Do you suppose you will find in me your
ideal?
Do you think it so easy to have me become
your lover?
Do you think the friendship of me would
be unalloy'd satisfaction?
Do you think I am trusty and faithful?
Do you see no further than this facade,
this smooth and tolerant manner of me?
Do you suppose yourself advancing on real
ground toward a real heroic man?
Have you no thought, O dreamer, that is
may be all maya, illusion?

DAILY PHOTO: Tikal Temple Two: Temple of the Mask

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DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from Ek’ Balam

Mayan Ball Court

A Mayan “Arch”

DAILY PHOTO: The Grand Plaza of Tikal

Taken at Tikal about ten years ago

DAILY PHOTO: Temples Top the Trees, Tikal

Taken in Tikal, Guatemala around 2010

DAILY PHOTO: Ek Balam Ball Court

Taken at Ek Balam in the Yucatan in the summer of 2010

DAILY PHOTO: Mayan Ruins, Yucatan

Taken in the Summer of 2010 at Ek Balam

DAILY PHOTO: Mayan Temple, Tikal

Taken in 2009 in Tikal, Guatemala

DAILY PHOTO: Temple of the Warriors, Chichén-Itzá

Taken in the summer of 2009 at Chichén-Itzá

DAILY PHOTO: Two Views of the Grand Plaza from Temple II, Tikal

Taken at Tikal, Guatemala in the summer of 2009