I used to think of fall as a tragedy of leaves
But now that I see the tree, I know
it’s just a little housekeeping
planned obsolescence and
a strategic liquidation-
a letting go of that which could harm you
when things inevitably change
Category: Close Up
Variations on a Theme
*****
“I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.”
— F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby)
Pale
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“If you shut your eyes and are a lucky one, you may see at times a shapeless pool of lovely pale colours suspended in the darkness; then if you squeeze your eyes tighter, the pool begins to take shape, and the colours become so vivid that with another squeeze they must go on fire.”
— J.M. Barrie (Peter Pan)
Submitted to Leanne Cole’s Monochrome Madness
Traveller
*****
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.”
― Lao Tzu
Bright
*****
We are all ordinary. We are all boring. We are all spectacular. We are all shy. We are all bold. We are all heroes. We are all helpless. It just depends on the day.
— Brad Meltzer
Color
*****
“A kind of light spread out from her. And everything changed color. And the world opened out. And a day was good to awaken to. And there were no limits to anything. And the people of the world were good and handsome. And I was not afraid any more.”
— John Steinbeck (East of Eden)
Under Your Boot Soles
*****
I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love
If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.
You will hardly know who I am or what I mean
But I shall be good health to you nonetheless
And filter and fibre your blood.”
― Walt Whitman
Submitted to Leanne Cole’s Monochrome Madness.
Mischief
*****
“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.” -J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter
Bees
*****
“Bees do have a smell, you know, and if they don’t they should, for their feet are dusted with spices from a million flowers.”
― Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine
