you're beautiful: Photography and Art by JaydenDragon

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You Will Hear the Benediction (a poem for those who can’t stand themselves) for all the other people, who curl up in their beds at night, and just can’t seem to sleep because

and f ight the f ight of mind and life, your debate of your purpose in time,

feeling unloved and feeling like a black mark upon this earth that doesn’t deserve or have any worth at all;

for all the guys who always ask the questions, or is it that the questions ask more of you than you can give in any night? your securityor the knife; philosophers argue in your mind it goes on and on, and you can’t win the f ight, hold your head as the life is sucked right out, morning comes, and you’re not alright;

You know that you are oh so wrong, that you can’t keep up the pace, look in the mirror and there’s wrinkles on your face, you’re growing older- more disgrace, cold realityless grace, where’s the next pleasure to get out of this place?

In all the darkness and all the fear,

that hope lives next-door to here?

What if I were to say,

that peace is not a curse-word?

that all the losers in the world long to hear; whether things are f ine,

a message

or your mind is one big contradicting slime, when life is written-off as a hopeless invention, is overwhelming hope out of the question? wipe your eyes, for salvation for all of us is here,

listen, and you will hear

the benediction;

Well brother, I’ve been there too,

and if someone tells you it won’t come back- then it isn’t true; cheap thrills can keep it at bay, but when the parties are over, there’s nothing left of the day; could there be a God out there, who loves me enough or even cares? what if a song could tell you the answer to your prayers? what if I told you: the answer’s yes, cuz he’s been where you think only you have been before, can you hear the knocking on the door?

In all the blood-red blame and all the fear, What if I were to say, forgiveness lives nextdoor to here? that another chance is not a curse-word? a message that all the losers in the world long to hear; whether things are fine, or your mind is one big contradicting slime, when life is written-off as a hopeless invention, is overwhelming hope out of the question? wipe your eyes, for salvation for all of us is here, close your eyes, and you will hear the benediction;

Ever since God sent me an, “I love you”, I’ve always found a road to come back to, arms that I can fall into,

this is the fairy tale that came true.

people may sell you religion these days,

but what if “do’s and don’t’s” was not the craze that Jesus started when we f irst sang his praise? what if there’s something in an old book that’s the warm cup of something that you’ve always wanted to taste, and in that drink- all your shame forever erased?

Well, superman doesn’t always come, the good guys have not always won, what else can we say, God, when we’re good and done, except that I need You, and I need your Son? : Jesus.

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Credits *All photographs, artwork, and poem by JaydenDragon

except for on page 62 the second photo from left on the top row and on page 63 the photo in the upper right (both taken by my friend Kayla Grorud), The photo underneath that one (taken by my friend Emily Parker), the two photos on page 18 (also both taken by Kayla Grorud), and the three photos at the top of 7 (also taken by Emily Parker, and my friends David Rice and Laura Wells) But I did turn the orignals into Poladroids! Thanks for letting me use your pictures!

Shot with: Canon Digital Rebel EOS 300 using a 50mm f1.4-22 lens, Pentax Asahi K1000 with Asahi 50mm f2.8 - 22 lens using 35mm Fujif ilm Superia 400iso, a Holga with b&w KMAX 120mm 400iso and b&w Ilford 120mm 100iso, and Sony Powershot something something (a not-that-great point and shoot).

Further editing done with Photoshoop and POLADROID! (which is extremely awesome)

I thank you Jesus for washing me clean and for turning dust into something beautiful. Don’t know how you do it.

Thank you to my wonderful family and all my awesome friends who made this possible (you realize you all did!)

contact me and tell me what you think: jaydendragon.deviantart.com eddfleming.blogspot.com Š 2011 JaydenDragon. If you want to steal my work, please ask first.

custom fonts used (from dafont.com) Ammys Handwriting - by Ammy K Nymphette f by Lauren Thomson Cornpop V by Intellecta Design