In/sight

Wavelengths and nerves and photoreceptors
Reds, blues and greens
Infrared, ultraviolet

Rods and cones
Colourblind
Night vision and eye shine

Science has solved the riddles of sight
But what of beauty?

On that it is silent.

 

 

Flight Disrupted

An early morning walk
Took me along the dew-damp ditch
Past barbwire and sleepy cows.

Stooped to see the flowers
Pink and blue
Discover dandelion seeds
Among the spider silk and tiny hairs.

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Common dandelion   Taraxacum officinale
Tall lungwort   Mertenisa paniculata

Just this …

This moment
captures breath
stops thought
floods the heart with joy.

This moment
— just this —
is enough.

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Willow   Salix spp.

Antidote

In a world of growing chaos and uncertainty

Beauty and order still reside in small corners.

Seek them out.

The Beauty of Age

Beauty is so often synonymous with youth — new, fresh, alive.

We seldom look long at the aged. At the wrinkles. The lines. The age spots.

Unpleasant reminders of our own frailty.

If we could reframe our definition perhaps we would find grace even in old age.