Here are my entries- hope my interpretation of the color is correct!
At the Atlantis Resort, Nassau, the Bahamas
Building in Venice, Italy
A tower in Venice, Italy
Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Agriculture
Mustard planted among grapevines, Napa Valley
Vineyards in Napa Valley, CA
Another view of vineyards, Napa Valley, CA
Orchard full of cherry trees
Soulmate
When I am enveloped by despair
When clouds inhabit my personal sky
When sadness my senses threatens to impair
When I feel helpless, ready to cry
I send an SOS to my friend
The one who resides within me
I talk to him and I pretend
All negative thoughts are leaving me
This friend is a yang to my yin
The voice of reason to light he brings
To him I confess my every sin
I hear his voice and hope springs
How I discovered him is a mystery
During introspection he was revealed
I think I can call it serendipity
That I released him from where he lay concealed.
He is there for me when I need
At other times he will hibernate
I am fortunate to have such a friend indeed
Within myself, I’ve found my soulmate.
P.S. For those who wonder why I called this friend a “he”, I was thinking more about a voice that counters my innate nature. It is the more masculine side of me, the one that is more into concrete thinking and problem-solving, i.e. the male energy or yang.
Travel Theme- Graceful
Here are my entries for the challenge-
Sculpture- at Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey
Peacock, Napa Valley
Shamu, the whale performing at Sea World, Orlando, Floarida
Look at my graceful long neck!
Replica of the statue of David by Michelangelo in Florence, Italy- epitome of grace in human form
Woman
Throw thorns her way
You won’t see her weep
Hurt her day after day
Silence she will keep
She will not display
Her abject discontent
Impassive she will stay
You will not hear her lament
Stoicism she has learnt
Over the merciless years
She has been burnt
By her helpless tears
*
She waits, in vain
To be unveiled some day
To expose her hidden pain
Her deep scars to display
When you peel off her layers
See her wounds scream
Hear her silent prayers
Witness her destroyed dreams.
She will still not speak
Of all she has been through
Do not think she is weak
She’s silent for she loves you
She may never forget
How she was treated by you
But if the past you do regret
She has already forgiven you.
Cee’s Oddball Photo Challenge 2015: Week 10
Interesting, eccentric, and unique
I can be subject to critique
Whatever it is, of one thing I’m sure
My characteristics you cannot ignore
I am an oddball and this challenge’s for me
So take a look at my eccentricity!
Balloons and film rolls..
Decorative masks for sale in the Bahamas
?Candy plant- at Yankee Candle Village, MA
Tribute to a woman
Dedicated to all the strong, beautiful, vivacious and mysterious women out there!
The photograph above depicts the Pieta (The Pietà (Italian pronunciation: [pjeˈta]) is a subject in Christian art depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, most often found in sculpture.- Wikipedia) at St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City
Chain me
Will happen never
Restrain me
The ropes I’ll sever
Silence me
Words will find
Defiantly
Thoughts in my mind
Challenge me
And I shall rise
Gallantly
I’ll watch your surprise
If you inflict torture
Retaliate I will
Forgive I may in future
Forget I never will
Think I am weak
Strength I’ll display
Consider me meek
Hear me roar, I would say
Don’t need validation
From you of my beauty
I have affirmation
From within, you see
I am the fire
That keeps your hearth warm
And if I require
I can unleash a storm
I can stand by your side
Applaud your success
But I will not hide
In a dark recess
For I’m valuable
To the world just like you
Confident, capable
And inscrutable too!
Lost and found
Lost in a maze
The universe a haze
Cacophony of voices
Excess of choices
Conflicting sounds
Confusion abounds
Myriad directions
Countless selections
Rugged terrain
No path free from pain
I stop in my tread
My heart full of dread
Paralyzed by fear
Of a future unclear
The path undefined
Benumbing my mind
To whom shall I turn
For some direction?
**
I looked all around
And finally I found
I needed to look within
Block the background dim
In quiet introspection
Came to me the solution
A friend, philosopher, guide
I found all of them inside
I realized how I unwittingly had
Been running away in dread
From my demons internal
Blaming it on events external
As I found illumination
My soul received salvation
Succor and solace did I find
All within the depths of my mind.
WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge Orange
Orange stage design- at Madame Tussaud’s museum, San Francisco, CA
Orange tapestry, Museum of Art and Design, New York City
Floral arrangement, Philadelphia Flower Show
Orange beach umbrellas, The Bahamas
Life worth living
To live this life indeed
Driven by ambition and greed
We never pay any heed
To the little voice inside
We constantly try to hide
Behind a curtain wide
Of a false sense of pride
Collecting material possessions
In random succession
Making an impression
On others is an obsession
But happiness it never brings
Wasted are expensive things
Fulfilment always springs
From moments that tug at heart’s strings
A kind word, a beatific smile
They can stretch for quite a mile
Make an insipid existence worthwhile
Friendliness never goes out of style.
A helping hand to extend
A shoulder on which one can depend
A mind that can prejudice transcend
An open heart that can befriend
These are the kind of things that make
Life worth living for its sake
Objects and money are fake
Illusions that we must break.
Sunday stills, the next challenge: clouds
https://sundaystills.wordpress.com/2015/03/01/sunday-stills-the-next-challenge-clouds-5/
Dark clouds hovering over Roman Forum, Rome, Italy
Fluffy cumulus clouds on a sunny day, Bahamas
Clouds reflected in a lake, Alaska
Cloud cover over Los Angeles
Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge: 2015 Week #9
Which way should I choose
As along life’s highway I cruise
Fancy-free and footloose
Along the way I search for clues
Clues that guide me constantly
To what my next step should be
Optimistic, with enthusiasm plenty
I strive to soak in whatever I see.
Atlantis Resort, Nassau, The Bahamas
At an island in the Bahamas
Onboard a cruise ship
At the port of Nassau, The Bahamas
Passion...unbridled 
