Apr 2021
In sweltering sun
Love sprouts as a light rain falls
Gently nourishing
Struggling for life
Flowering despite fall's chill
Passion thriving still
Embers gently glow
Flourishing in winter's cold
Lighting a dark soul
Humid heat ignites
A warm thaw bringing new growth
Inspires passion's oath
Harvest yields discord
Fierce frost freezes fallen tears
Baleful blizzard nears
Starry night darkens
A fearful reaction wounds
Jealous shadow looms
Condensing spring clouds
Anger and lightning lacing
Summer storm racing
Drifting in silence
With autumn's leaves fall our dreams
Drowned in icy streams
Denied human warmth
Blossoms wilt as winter fades
Left frozen in shade
Love sprouts as a light rain falls
Gently nourishing
Struggling for life
Flowering despite fall's chill
Passion thriving still
Embers gently glow
Flourishing in winter's cold
Lighting a dark soul
Humid heat ignites
A warm thaw bringing new growth
Inspires passion's oath
Harvest yields discord
Fierce frost freezes fallen tears
Baleful blizzard nears
Starry night darkens
A fearful reaction wounds
Jealous shadow looms
Condensing spring clouds
Anger and lightning lacing
Summer storm racing
Drifting in silence
With autumn's leaves fall our dreams
Drowned in icy streams
Denied human warmth
Blossoms wilt as winter fades
Left frozen in shade
Life will show us incredible beauty and replace it with indescribable sadness. Impermanence is the only permanence.
It is this transience itself that makes all of our experiences so vitally important, so beautiful.
Mono no aware describes both an appreciation of this beauty and a gentle sadness at the ephemeral nature of existence.
It is generally regarded as nearly impossible to translate, but I have done my best lol. :p
I wrote this as an homage to a very important person/relationship. I have struggled most of my life to overcome the loss of this person's friendship, and this concept has helped me begin to view this in a way that I can actually process.
I attempted to capture the beauty, love, strife, and sadness of this experience in a 'mono no aware' style for this reason.
I rewrote this one a bit so I am shamelessly reposting. ;)
© 04/17/21 Jason R. Michie All Rights Reserved
It is this transience itself that makes all of our experiences so vitally important, so beautiful.
Mono no aware describes both an appreciation of this beauty and a gentle sadness at the ephemeral nature of existence.
It is generally regarded as nearly impossible to translate, but I have done my best lol. :p
I wrote this as an homage to a very important person/relationship. I have struggled most of my life to overcome the loss of this person's friendship, and this concept has helped me begin to view this in a way that I can actually process.
I attempted to capture the beauty, love, strife, and sadness of this experience in a 'mono no aware' style for this reason.
I rewrote this one a bit so I am shamelessly reposting. ;)
© 04/17/21 Jason R. Michie All Rights Reserved
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