19 Février 2013
This photo was taken using my father's camera in our garden. It's a white magnolia flower. I love this pic! I saw the flower and the colors, and just pressed the shutter...Every time I see it, it makes me think of Strange Fruit, a song sung by Billie Holliday. It's a sad song about the condition of the afro-american during the segregation period.
Here are the lyrics, and the song itself:
Southern trees bear a strange fruit
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
Pastoral scene of the gallant south
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolia sweet and fresh
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.
Here is a fruit for the crow to pluck
For the rain to wither, for the wind to suck
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop
Here is a strange and bitter crop.