For Carpe Diem Special, St. Francis' words:
“Remember that when you leave this earth you can take nothing of what you have received, but only what you have a given: a full heart, enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice, and courage.”
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empty branch
dried coccon abandoned
floating butterfly
(c) G.s.k. '14
floating butterfly
(c) G.s.k. '14
The abandoned things of this world point us in a direction that we may or may not wish to take...
ReplyDeleteJourney's End
And sometimes there is no choice ...
Deleteah... also in transition to the next we leave something behind.
ReplyDeleteYes, very often in fact ...
DeleteWhat an exquisite photo ... And the photo / haiku are great responses to the prompt. Brava!
ReplyDeleteThanks ... took me longer to find the photo than think of the haiku :-) Happy you enjoyed them!
DeleteI have been there so many times -- getting more and more frustrated trying to find the perfect photo! But --- it was worth it. :)
DeleteSometimes I think I should take a friends advice and let the ku do the illustraion by itself :-/
DeleteThis is gorgeous and what a wonderful photo you share here going so well with the haiku. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kristjaan ... happy you enjoyed the photo and haiku ... the idea was that we take nothing with us, we just transform and go on.
Deleteluv the resonance of loneliness, nice one
ReplyDeletehappy you dropped in at my blog
much love...
Thanks Gillena ... and it was a pleasure reading your haiku! :-)
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