Dance for the Hearts

The Dance for the Hearts and Poker Run event ran from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm on Saturday; at Milwaukee Harley Davidson. The event is organized and facilitated entirely by volunteers and raises funds for Healing Warrior Hearts and the Starfish Foundation. Here are a few of the many “casual portraits” captured throughout this lovely day. The entire photographic documentation can be seen here.

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Canon 5D, EF 70 – 200 2.8 L IS USM

Lily of the Valley…

Lily of the Valley

dancing with the wind
hiding in the grass
you can easily tell what’s good and what’s wonderful
beyond all kinds
obviously more beautiful

looking sweet and slender
but poisonous like a viper

your scent deep down in my lungs
took my breath very fast
without even noticing
and now I’m lost and drowning

you got me defenseless
feeling so enamored

tell me, how do you do this?
tell me, why do you do this?
tell me, why do you have to be like this?

like lily of the valley.”
Patrick Diaz

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Leica M Monochrom, 65 mm Elmar on Visoflex III