Though the body ages, creaks with pain, deteriorates,
slowly withers like a flower…
one can have a youthful, budding, blossoming smile
on one’s face
Energy, action, movement
which make up the body
is, as Einstein suggested, eternal;
but eternity runs deeper than that
It permeates much deeper than the superficial
will ever realize;
and as they (unfortunately) continue to deteriorate
both mentally and physically
something (warmly) eternally eludes dullness, indifference, and
deadcold callousness
At the fall of one’s life. Photo by Thomas Peace c. 2015
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My Blog primarily consists of close-up nature photos (that I've taken locally) combined with original holistic-truth oriented prose and/or poetry involving mindfulness/awareness. I love nature and I love understanding the whole (not merely the parts and the details). I'm a retired teacher of the multiply handicapped.
I have a number of interesting hobbies, such as fossil collecting, sport-kite flying, 3D and 2D close-up photography, holography, and pets. Most of all, I am into holistic self-awareness, spontaneous insight, unconventional observation/direct perception, mindfulness, meditation, world peace, non-fragmentation, population control, vegetarianism, and green energy.
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Great capture, Tom. The color is spot on!
Thanks, Dan! I love how Katydids have mechanisms for hearing… (in their “knees”). 🙂
wonderful poem and photo, Thomas. It sounds a bit sad, hope you are fine, regards Mitza
Thanks, Mitza. Actually, I do have a lot of arthritis problems — largely due to decades of having had to lift my multiply-handicapped students (who were adults) onto respite and changing beds — but I am doing fine. 🙂
Goodness, my back hurts when I read this. You have worked hard to make their lifes better. I hope you feel better soon and relax with a nice beer/cocktail/wine or whatever you like and a good book. Have a wonderful weekend, Tom, regards Mitza
Woow beautiful, lucky lucky! 🙂 🙂
… and only one step from our front porch! 🙂
Funny, this guy must have hopped over to our garden last night. 🙂