But mostly I live here in the capricious present
Writing down one thing, then the next.
Autumn passes like empty freight cars—
Some doors open, some doors closed—
Light flickers and flashes through the cracks.
The trees are a thousand species of fires.
— Eric Pankey, from “Southern Elegy,” Trace: Poems
Notes:
- Photo: Antonia Gatti photography with Follow the light out of the dark. Poem: The Vale of Soul Making
- Prior “Lightly child, lightly” Posts? Connect here.
- Post Title & Inspiration: Aldous Huxley: “It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.”
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Oh, How I love this! Including the magnificent photo representing so beautifully the quote. Thank You
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Thanks Kiki. Loved both too!
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Reblogged this on It Is What It Is and commented:
Nature is amazing!! … it’s soothing and it calms the soul. A moment with nature recharges the batteries … take me there!!
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Yes! Me too!
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Staying in the moment pays off
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It does….
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OMG! DK, this is EXACTLY the scene from my recurring nightmares of bears. I’m walking along this path and I know the bears are coming down the hill at the far end where the path goes around the bend, and that’s where they will meet me and give me unwanted bear hugs. I’m going to have bad dreams tonight. I just know it!
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Now that’s Funny!
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It is so real! I’ve had that same dream many, many times. The bears are always coming down the hill and I am on a collision course with them. So far I’ve always woken up in time, but one day …..
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Amazing!
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“Autumn passes like empty freight cars—” assuming the train is long, slow and at times sitting on a siding, waiting until its time to move onward through the changing light of the season…
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Yes, especially then….
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the photo…I am not use to seeing pencil thin trees.
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just a fact for me…
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I bet!
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You need to get out more, the eastern forests from Georgia north to Maine and into Canada are thick with pencil thin pine trees. A Moose likes a dense forest.
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Gorgeous photo!
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It is!
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Beautiful words like these (with photo) make me cry as I jump onto that freight train.
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Awwww, so great. Thanks for sharing Pam.
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What a gorgeous image.
Autumn as empty freight cars…
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It really is.
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