A poetic reading of Jessica Kelly's photographs by Lloyd Godman

No one lives a lone

No one lives a lone
no rock lies on the land without another
splintered from a source
the rhizome connects all
A mother, a father, sister or friend
No one lives in isolation

 

no rock remains the same
Every drop of water wears it away
every fragment of ice creates a fissure
every pound of pressure crushes
every rock changes

nothing remains perfect
have no expectations of the other
you will never be disappointed

We all need someone else to draw
the line of light like a ring of fire
that pulls us close or pushes us apart
the eyes glance in tension
attention pans
the scene shifts
the focus falls off
once we were close
once we used to care about each other