Inside the soul speaks a meaning The mind is a camera exposing Photographs falling in images of confetti. Searching for less than awaits and More for what is truly missing In those disparate realities Memories darkened in the patina Of a dead past when it's inseparable From your living present recollections. © CARL SCHARWATH Carl Scharwath, has appeared globally with 180+ journals selecting his writing or art. He has published four poetry books with a book published June 2024, "The World Went Dark" (Alien Buddha Press). Carl has four photography books, published with Praxis and CreatiVingenuitiy. His photography was exhibited in the Mount Dora and Leesburg Centers for the Arts. Carl is currently an art editor at Glitterati and former editor for Minute Magazine. He was nominated with four "The Best of the Net Awards (2022-25) and two different 2023 'Pushcart' nominations for poetry and a short story. He is a contributing guest editor and interviewer for ILA Magazine.