It's Still Life

Concrete doorway frames the silence.
Stairs climb nowhere, moss rising
where engines once screamed past.
Number 25 stands above emptiness,
ghosts of speed flicker in the grass.
Spectators’ shadows linger,
waiting for thunder that never comes.
History breathes in cracked stone,
memory etched in fading white.

This is a photo of the old Reims-Gueux Formula 1 race track in France, which was actually a very straight, long public highway— but now just an empty doorway sans door.

Bushboy (Brian Dodd) shares photos of doors, but not just any doors. Spectacular doors from his journeys. Dan’s Thursday Doors opened the door on this. I love doors of all sorts. I’ve trawled through my photos and found a few to share.

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