Photographic Tale of the Week - Your fingers

"Your fingers" by Craig (Secretlyjustme)

You may not believe me when I say this, but when Craig's beautiful work "Your fingers" caught my eye (the title being the first line of an 8 line accompanying poem), I had no idea that April is #Poetrymonth. Okay, maybe I should know this considering my passion for all things literary, but I didn't. 
This serendipitous selection was beyond the convenience of conforming to a theme (image and poem). Rather, the selection of Craig's incredible photograph - of its play with perspective, contrast of motion and stasis, vibrant colour and shades of grey - was based on the merits of the beauty of the composition itself. 
Without further ado:

Your fingers
leave trails
of fireworks
on skin
and
time
told you things
you already knew

You are in luck. Craig, a self-described "thirty-something" and "drinker of whisky" (both of which I can relate to), has equally amazing images and poems in his Flickr photostream for you to enjoy. You must!

As always, this is a photograph selected from my #Flickr group, "Pictures with a Story," of which Craig is a regular contributor. See the almost 290 other contributors by checking out the group, and feel free to join.

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Please note that, as ever, do not use the images of the featured photographers without their express permission. I always contact them first.