Lost In Translation, Voodoo And Youth
First time visited Japan when I was 7. Things have changed since then, actually strike that,
I did…
or did I?…
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10/27/2015
Phoenix
From salt to blood,
Within a cage, without air, within a silent agony.
Raging in lies and smiles of the past,
I served the purpose, her purpose.
It is her story, I was only a tool.
The pain inside without a cause.
Her cause, her pain, inside my nameless shadow.
I will be lost within the wind of sorrow.
My aching bones and shattered dreams,
Without a place and name.
Just a footprint of a soul without flesh, without a home.
Nothing to lose, nothing to gain, no one to follow.
Burning through the pages of a story, her story.
Destroying without regret,
To love and to hate,
To walk the plank into oblivion – that’s my fate.
My ugly beauty and beautiful ugliness,
My battered soul, my dusty shoes,
My tears and blood of my inner child.
My journey on this endless road.
We will dance barefoot on shattered glass, on shattered dreams.
We will be remembered and then forgotten.
We will kiss the tears of our unborn child.
We will rise like Phoenix, we will break free!
I will climb the highest mountain,
I will not look down,
I will not turn the other cheek,
I will not bow down!
One more step,
One last breath,
One last laugh…
I am free at last!
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10/27/2015 © Elena Levon
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The woman behind Phoenix …
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10/08/2015
Alêtheia
“I will come back and see you soon!” I said while hugging Zaza before leaving for Canada. “You promise?!” Asked Zaza with a smile.
“Of course I will!”
Those were the last words I have ever said to this extraordinary woman…
06/19/2015
Havana, My Love
This is the real life in the real Havana. Havana before Starbucks and WiFi. Havana outside of your hotel grounds and comfort zones. This is my love letter to Cuba. Read the rest of this entry »
10/23/2014
Choice, Curse and The Silver Lining
CHOICE
“Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you, and though they are with you, and yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love, but not your thoughts.
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward, not tarries with yesterday. “– Kahlil Gibran
from the book : The Prophet
01/17/2014
A Cure That Doesn’t Kill
Worried about gun control? Yes, of course, let’s demolish the Second Amendment and instead let the “Doctor”, hand us death, faster than any bullet…
11/07/2013
Don’t Forget To Breathe
- “Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey.” – Pat Conroy
I know some of you might wonder, what the hell happened to that woman with all her thousands of flaws and a suitcase-load of crazy. Has she slipped and fell on that “most dangerous hike in China” or got kidnapped in Mongolia?
Not really, no.
The truth is ~
I’ve been trying to remember how to breathe…
… in New York.
In the next months I will write how I got here and why. Here’s the “tease list” of the upcoming chapters …
08/09/2013
Don’t Sweat It ?
Cori, Italy ( Photography by Luana Thomas )
ok, you had your moment, now give him back!
Honorary Oscars
Tuscany
Barcelona
Zambia
Devil’s pool
stepped over at “The Peak” in Hong Kong
zip-lining in Costa Rica
on top of the highest dune in Sahara, Morocco
Fes, Morocco
jumping with Masai, Kenya
Photoshoot in Death Valley
Morocco
solo in Zanzibar
donating 17 inches
Yes, they are real.. ( Bali )
dancing in the sky
Shall we dance?
There’s nothing to worry about! Really, it’s only a Python..
Into The Wild
What do you see in those pictures ?
What do those images say about a woman in them ? Can you say that a woman in them “sweats” the small stuff ?
Is this woman a nervous type or doesn’t take risks ?
Do you catch yourself saying ” Oh, I envy that gal! What a life! I want that! ” ?
Before you read the rest of this piece, I want you to answer at least one of those questions.
