The Oracle is feeling the chill in the air. This morning is grey and cooler than recent days.
The collage is another piece of art I found while cleaning. Painted and ripped rice paper–I guess I didn’t like the original watercolors. I don’t remember it at all.
wind rustles secrets through trees–
how my roots long for
a blanket with leaves seeded
by a moon garden
every season asks us why
we follow the same
path of lonely wandering
instead of singing
We had very similar messages, especially in the second stanza (my third)/
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The message fits well with the changing season.
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Yes. Change that means a decline is perceived as a risk, or at best, something we don’t really want. For those who don’t have a roof and central heating, it means getting close to death.
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Too many in those circumstances right now…
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Too true.
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I like your collaboration. The Oracle dressed your images with the right words for you to join them.
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She did. Thanks Manja.
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I really like how trees and leaves rhymes in the first stanza, pauses, then continues. The second stanza really hits home. Why indeed?
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As Ella said, the only thing better than singing is more singing.
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Such a beautiful poem from the Oracle. I really love this.
It’s funny how your second stanza asks why we don’t sing, and mine has us listening for the music to carry us home.
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Music soothes many beasts. Thanks Merril.
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You’re welcome!
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your use of rice paper and the word ‘rustles’ go very nicely together in my head, Kerfe 😀
❤
David
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The paper must have been speaking to me…
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I love your rice paper art, at first glance I thought it was a ‘salad’ … but then your rustles and leaves opened other possibilities. Raising our voices together sounds more healing than the loneliness so many have struggled with …
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Thanks Kate, yes that’s true.
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That’s a poignant question you end with! I love that you can completely forget a piece of art, then rediscover it!
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