Shall we, too, rise forgetful from our sleep,
And shall my soul that lies within your hand
Remember nothing, as the blowing sand
Forgets the palm where long blue shadows creep
When winds along the darkened desert sweep?

Or would it still remember, tho’ it spanned
A thousand heavens, while the planets fanned
The vacant ether with their voices deep?
Soul of my soul, no word shall be forgot,
Nor yet alone, beloved, shall we see

The desolation of extinguished suns,
Nor fear the void wherethro’ our planet runs,
For still together shall we go and not
Fare forth alone to front eternity.

Image: © Dom Agius, A New Royal Family A Wild Nobility, 2010

Poem: Love and Death by Sara Teasdale (1884 – 1933)

Dom Agius was born in Southern England, raised in East Africa, educated in the West Country and lives, loves and works in London. The eldest son of an eldest son of an eldest son, Agius is a photographer, writer, and music producer. A helpless and eternal enthusiast, he will never stop roaming the world hunting for that indefinable moment of hope after the shutter clicks. His images have been published by New Holland and Time Out as well as Pridelife and Polari magazines. In 2008 he was the winner of Glaxo Smith Kline’s HIV: Positive about the Future photo competition.

Image: © Dom Agius, A New Royal Family A Wild Nobility, 2010.
Commissioned for Lingering Whispers.