Beautiful images, and beautiful words -- with such stunning simplicity and vision. '. . . "the wreath for the passage of grief." 'And they returned / with the rain /To the earth. / -- just wonderful.
You always have such a very dear and sincere response and way of looking through to see all the simplicity that is there to be, absorbed. How precious.
Thank you for your deeply cherished comments.
The words came instantly. Metaphorically, I was pondering the paradox of choosing to live with a mountain view, with the wisdom of mountain sages, but yet when I was looking, at the peony-petal-fall, all I saw was the 'no-man is an island', surrounded by the wreath/ reef/ of grief.
Ironically, the petals dissolved over the violets and lilies, days before the words came to me. And Yarrow is growing there too, after the rains, and so now there is the opportunity for a herbal cup of tonic tea.
The yarrow is spring-fresh, but the same plant, that when aged, is used to make the 'yarrow sticks' for divining wisdom from The Sage through The I Ching: The Book Of Changes. One either uses the yarrow sticks or the 3 brass coins. One of my favourite Books Of All Time and there are 64 Hexagrams to ponder.
This is the fall pattern surrounding those treasured blooms
ReplyDeleteI wondered each day
Which way
They would pass away
And then I sprinkled them over Petal
My sacred cow
in the lily garden
And they returned
With the rain
To the earth.
With love from above xx
Beautiful images, and beautiful words -- with such stunning simplicity and vision. '. . . "the wreath for the passage of grief." 'And they returned / with the rain /To the earth. / -- just wonderful.
ReplyDeleteOh Philip,
DeleteYou always have such a very dear and sincere response and way of looking through to see
all the simplicity that is there to be, absorbed.
How precious.
Thank you for your deeply cherished comments.
The words came instantly.
Metaphorically, I was pondering the paradox of choosing to live with a mountain view,
with the wisdom of mountain sages,
but yet when I was looking,
at the peony-petal-fall,
all I saw was the 'no-man is an island', surrounded by the wreath/ reef/ of grief.
Ironically, the petals dissolved over the violets and lilies,
days before the words came to me.
And Yarrow is growing there too, after the rains, and so now there is the opportunity
for a herbal cup of tonic tea.
Blessings and Peace
Love Bee xo
The yarrow is spring-fresh, but the same plant, that when aged, is used to make the 'yarrow sticks' for divining wisdom from The Sage through The I Ching: The Book Of Changes. One either uses the yarrow sticks or the 3 brass coins.
DeleteOne of my favourite Books Of All Time and there are 64 Hexagrams to ponder.
Blessings to all,
Love Bee x