Eagles and Demons

Dark Visual Poem.
July 2018. Corticiasca, Switzerland.

I could have sworn there were footsteps close behind me.
Hurry up to reach the cabin before darkness.

Birches staring at you – asking your name.
A skull between their eyes – a silent witness of history?
Teardrops on their scarred bark, running down for ages.

I could have sworn there were footsteps close behind me.
Hurry up to reach the cabin before darkness.

Dark roots invisibly grabbing for you – ‘don’t trust the trees’ (Brothers Grimm, 2005).
Are they real?

I could have sworn there were footsteps close behind me.
Hurry up to reach the cabin before darkness.

Giant old beard with creepy faces murmuring your name and showing you the way.

I could have sworn there were footsteps close behind me.
Hurry up to reach the cabin before darkness.

Scary faces watching you – do they laugh? Will they snatch you?

I could have sworn there were footsteps close behind me.
Hurry up to reach the cabin before darkness.

The cabin. Home.
‘Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light’.
©Eagles, Hotel California.
‘This could be heaven or this could be hell’
©Eagles, Hotel California.

©Eagles, Hotel California. One of the most beautiful acoustic versions.

@Eagles, Hotel California – Live at the Capitol Center – 1977.

I could have sworn there were footsteps in front of the door.

And she said: “We are all just prisoners here of our own device”.
©Eagles, Hotel California.

I could have sworn there was a friend at the door.

An old elephant standing at the door, protecting you – forever.
Welcome, my old friend.

I swear this is heaven.

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Images: Ricoh GR II, GR Lens f=18.3 mm 1:2.8. .DNG RAW format. Edited in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.

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