your life is your life
don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is a light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can’t beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
your life is your life.
know it while you have it.
you are marvelous
the gods wait to delight
in you.

© Charles Bukowsky

Pictures from my Desperate Intentions series published on Magazine 1:1 in Spain. More at: http://www.1a1foto.net/13vp2.html

May Day in New York.  View the rest of this entry »

Easter at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in the Bronx, the largest Italian National Parish in the Archdiocese of New York. View the rest of this entry »

Vodou weddings in Brooklyn, New York.  View the rest of this entry »

Mare mare, qui non viene mai nessuno a farci compagnia.
Mare mare, non ti posso guardare così perché questo vento agita anche me… – Enrico Ruggeri. View the rest of this entry »

Winter in New York. View the rest of this entry »

My series  Desperate Intentions published on Guernica Magazine. More at: http://www.guernicamag.com/art/3471/peretti_2_1_12/

  New Year’s Day in Coney Island and Brighton Beach, New York. View the rest of this entry »

New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day on the streets of New York. View the rest of this entry »