First published in Blithe Spirit 35:3, August 2025, page 80. Originally written in May of 2014. With a nod to William Stafford (see “Things the Wind Says” from Sound of the Ax).
Things exist.
Brevity is an art.
The world is a joy.
The world changes.
One represents many.
Colour shades meaning.
Rain falls on everything.
Each season takes its turn.
The world breeds ambiguity.
You have feelings about things.
Echoes and shadows are also real.
An image can be heard and tasted.
You don’t always notice everything.
The glass is half full and half empty.
Relationships develop between objects.
Intuition reigns, for writers and readers.
The time of day is not always a metaphor.
Sometimes it’s enough to notice something.
Harmony can surprise you as much as contrast.
The thing is what it is, but only what it is to you.
Now is ephemeral, but now is all we have ever had.
Sometimes you change the world, sometimes you don’t.
Sometimes you change with the world, sometimes you don’t.
A flower matters, and so does a stone, a rusty bolt, a boring sunset.
Wonder is a fuel.