11 January 2014

Day 11...

... of the Writing Challenge.

Satya's prompt today is to write about 'an object that is showing signs of age and impermanence', and she quotes Robert Bly:

It is not our job to remain whole.
We come to lose our leaves
Like the trees, and be born again,
Drawing up from the great roots.


Paper-thin skin, protruding veins,
Where's that young, spring leaf
Of a girl?

2 comments:

  1. beautiful words Claire! and I liked the photos in the previous post too!

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    1. Thank you - rather wabi-sabi, I thought :)
      And yes, there are some great silhouettes in the previous post!

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