Beyond my viewfinder

Image info:“Without caption no. 124”Milano, Italy, Aug. 2021© Massimo S. Volonté

We have taken for grantedA certain kind of blue of the skyThe transparent turquoise of the seaThe vital red of bloodThey have taken for grantedThe existence of the GodsThe word of the prophetsThe justice of the LordI have taken for grantedMy path like a line tending to infinityA little help from my friendsThe strength in my arms and the resolute step of my legsWe slide inexorably along the…

Why are you still crying?Your pain is now throughPlease, forget those teardropsLet me take them from you The love you are blessed withThis world’s waiting forSo let out your heart, please, pleaseFrom behind that locked door It’s time we start smilingWhat else should we do?With only this short timeI’m gonna be here with you And the tales you have taught meFrom the things that you sawMakes me want…

Image info:“City Sickness no. 575” Milano, Italy, Oct. 2015© Massimo S. Volonté

Image info:“Without caption no. 123”Planet Earth, July 2015© Massimo S. Volonté

  Cosa resta di noi due?Resta un’ombra che fugge nel mattinoE un bel viso nella testaÈ successo un fatto strano:Io ti amavo e non ti amoMa non capisco la tua sceltaPerché sei un disastro come meE sai che solo io posso capirtiPerò tu insisti a cercareCosì sei solo tu che paghiIl prezzo dell’orgoglio e della solitudineMa perché tu vai contro te stessa?Perché non guardi mai vicinoE vai sempre…

Image info:“Self-portrait 197” Radda in Chianti, Italy, June 2025© Massimo S. Volonté

Image info:“City Sickness no. 574” Milano, Italy, Sep. 2023© Massimo S. Volonté

Image info:“Without caption no. 122”Planet with no future, Feb. 2026© Massimo S. Volonté

Well someone told me yesterdayThat when you throw your love awayYou act as if you just don’t careYou look as if you’re going somewhere But I just can’t convince myselfI couldn’t live with no one elseAnd I can only play that partAnd sit and nurse my broken heart So lonelySo lonelySo lonely… Now no one’s knocked upon my doorFor a thousand years or moreAll made up and nowhere to goWelcome to this…

Emptiness I’ve found you, how bleak you areMoving in the shadows, you’re here and it’s clearThat it’s just a state of mind running through the times keeping us aliveFirst time that I saw you, teeth squeezed my lipsAnd I thought I’d die without you but you’re here and it’s clearThat it’s just a state of mind running through the times keeping us aliveJust a state of mind, keeping us in line before…

Image info:“City Sickness no. 573”Italy, Aug. 2023© Massimo S. Volonté

Image info:“Without caption no. 121”Planet on sale, Feb. 2019© Massimo S. Volonté

Image info:“Self-portrait 196”Italy, Sep. 2016© Massimo S. Volonté

As I walk down the highway all I do is sing this songAnd a train that’s passin’ my way helps the rhythm move alongThere is no doubt about the words are clearThe voice is strong, is oh so strongI’m just a simple guy, I live from day to dayA ray of sunshine melts my frown and blows my blues awayThere’s nothing more that I can say but on a day like todayI pass the time away and walk a quiet mile…

Seguir con gli occhi un airone sopra il fiume e poi ritrovarsi a volare e sdraiarsi felice sopra l’erba ad ascoltare un sottile dispiacere E di notte passare con lo sguardo la collina per scoprire dove il sole va a dormire Domandarsi perche’ quando cade la tristezza in fondo al cuore come la neve non fa rumore e guidare come un pazzo a fari spenti nella notte per vedere se poi e’ tanto difficile…

Image info:“Without caption no. 120”Milano, Italy, April 2010© Massimo S. Volonté