We stroke the rough bark
of the two along the path
here and there a branch battered
by storms, a tendon torn
the colon shortened, the toes stiffer
and more crooked in the ground
a lifetime stored
in their body, every fiber
knows it and retains it
A few steps away
a gripper dumps heaps
of earth into the roadside pits
where their neighbours have been
cleared for young plantings
it is not a graveyard here
but the living world
of an avenue to the past
shifting in time once again
May 15
May 15, 2026 at 3:46 AM UTC
We stroke the rough bark
of the two along the path
here and there a branch battered
by storms, a tendon torn
the colon shortened, the toes stiffer
and more crooked in the ground
a lifetime stored
in their body, every fiber
knows it and retains it
A few steps away
a gripper dumps heaps
of earth into the roadside pits
where their neighbours have been
cleared for young plantings
it is not a graveyard here
but the living world
of an avenue to the past
shifting in time once again
For Dory dK
Wabi-sabi (Japan): Simplicity-beauty
• consider the wear and tear as something beautiful
• accept the transience
• show the scars of life
Collection "Blown sand"
