Monday, December 10, 2012

Clearing The Ashes


Wednesday 5th December 2012


Today I was clearing the ashes from the fireplace and thought to myself this will be me one day and so I wrote the following senryu:


winter morning
clearing yesterday’s ashes
i see my own

© Rachael Stanley

Not very cheerful you might say, but unavoidable and no harm to reflect on that reality now and again particularly if it helps us to prioritize and get the things done that are important.


“We have not here a lasting city” Hebrews 13:  14

“Everything flows and nothing abides,
everything gives way and nothing stays fixed.”

Heraclitus
Heraclitus (c 540 – 475 BC)

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