The life untamed

Words are an injustice to my friend. How do you begin to use words to describe a life like Emma's? What phrase or term could relate the complexities, sacrifices, and love that surrounds her? Often, when taking pictures I run up against this dilemna. My camera is limited to such a small scope. The shot not only exceeds vastly up, down, left, and right but in terms of color and depth. Senses such as smell and memories or emotions are all lost. Capturing the sacred in a picture is much like capturing my friend in simple words, only those who have been there and know can even begin to relate. Hers is the life untamed. Hers is beyond the box so many of us find ourselves within. Even being around her I began to quickly realize that her passion and ability to live is life giving. The irony is in this life. The same life so many of us admire is the same life we quickly desire to hide, to box, to destroy for a host of reasons. But, Emma, her's is the life untamed. Boxes and ideas do not encompass her and I thank my friend for a day trip to New York. Though she things I went out of my way to see her... I would gladly do it again, and again, and again! I'm thankful that God has blessed my life with knowing a life like hers. Inspiration, unique, stunning - these words begin to show you a snapshot...but the best they can do is help you see through a foggy mirror to the beauty that is beyond. I'll miss you unitl we meet again! We left each other in the snowy rain, you back to your place and me on the bus...though we walked away, alone, you will never be alone. You will always be in my prayers.

"The neons too bright, The world's too fast, The cities at night, And the stores behind glass, The streets in the rain, And the field back home, They're never the same, So now I'm alone."