Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Dying Gracefully

Sometimes I wonder where I would be if it wasn’t for you. Probably still wandering across open highways, dreaming in the window-seat, getting lost everywhere, except in reality. Do you remember when we first met? Underneath the swing set in the warm summer evening, or maybe, at the bookstore that burned down a few months ago. I hope it was at the bookstore. Though, I suppose it doesn’t really matter anymore. 

 I cut my hair before I left and kept the locks in your library drawer. It’s not a promise per se, but it’s not a not-promise either. Sentiment, at best. I imagine that when we meet again, it’ll have grown out once more. And perhaps, next time, we can meet on even ground as strangers instead of heart-broken fools. For it was you who reached for me first and I would like to think that one day, I could be the one to reach for you. For you have always been to me, a tempestuous, fleeting thing, like a cold spring rain; and like petals, I find myself caught up in the whirlwind, scattering in a most beautiful kind of death. 

Please take this cup, and let me fill it up with sake. 
Even a beautiful flower, loses its petals due to the storm. 
Life is only a "goodbye".



21 comments:

  1. this makes me feel like crying
    how beautiful
    x

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  2. The photos are very lovely (as usual), but what is in the 5th photo?

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    1. Thank you! The 5th picture is of Sakuramochi - they are filled with red bean paste but they kind of look like pink tacos ne?!

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  3. I hate you. Because this stuff is always perfect. :) On a side note, I love the fresh spring flowers! Things are looking much happier nowadays. And now I'm really craving ice cream. That drumstick, in particular. My favorite ones are actually the strawberry ones.

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    1. Hhahaahh you are too sweet. Yes I love fresh spring flowers too! I've been collecting flowers like mad. It is really wonderful of the weather to warm up. I don't think I have ever tried the strawberry drumsticks!!! I am missing out on an important part of life I think...

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  4. I don't know what to say about this post. It's almost like the perfect, fleeting summary of a beautiful novel. I wished it was a novel, so I could do nothing more than indulge in the lives of these two heartbroken fools.
    Beautiful as always.

    Also, I got your comment about the competition and thank you!

    xx
    Fliss

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  5. your writing is so beautiful, and i love that quote. it's so sad but really sometimes all there is is to be sad about certain things.

    little henry lee

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  6. amazing photos, amazing words - please keep writing and taking photos - you possess too much talent not to

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  7. Oh, that Ice Cream! Have a good Sunday xx

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  8. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Kr4xgWQlEJw/UW8AFCucWaI/AAAAAAAAElE/k32T1daX4WQ/s1600/04_07_13_ranunculus1.jpg this is really beautiful <3

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  9. This is a wonderful post. I love your writing so much. I don't know what to say, but I think your photos match your words most beautifully.

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    1. Thank you so much Louise! I spend an agonizing amount of time writing something for my pictures - I am glad my effort is not wasted!

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  10. There's something just as pretty about wilted flowers on the ground, I think. Jealous of your ice cream too, haha.

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  11. These photos are so so beautiful!!
    http://pleasebemynightingale.blogspot.com

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    1. Thanks Jo-Ann, I am glad you like them! It is rather saddening how fast the cherry blossoms disappear, but I guess their ethereal nature is what makes them even more beautiful.

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  12. you have the most beautiful pictures!

    check out my blog?
    www.paleshadows.blogspot.com
    xo

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