Changing Times

The last few months have seen a number of changes. Now we can at least invite people back into our homes – so long as we remember not to get too close. We no longer have to meet folk in the garden or hold a conversation in the street. It is rather less surreal than it seemed at first, but it doesn’t take a lot of imagination to see how our lives will be different for some time to come.

BC – Before Covid and Beyond

Remember when

we sat close to friends,

laughed and blethered over

coffee or a dram?

 

Now we have

Covid 19 perhaps

minds focus more

on things that matter –

 

health of the planet,

health of friends and family,

toxicity of capitalism, this

another virus spread world-wide.

 

CG images of Covid19 show

a delicate floral beauty,

almost psychedelic appeal, yet

this virus can’t be scrubbed,

 

can’t be rubbed away like

turquoise-greens of verdigris

that adds aged colour to

copper and brass heirlooms.

 

This latest virus hides

from view, threatens unwary

victims. Its political twin sickens

the economy, also takes lives.

 

Now, we look with changed eyes

we see, we hear, we love

differently; appreciate things

we took for granted BC.

 

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Changing Direction

There are times in life when we think we know where we’re going but we find that life  takes us in a completely different direction.

We wonder why and may even try to fight against whatever path we seem to be taking. But, if we are to follow the words of Rheinhold Niebuhr …

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference

and remember amor fati , then life seems to begin to make sense and we can accept that the road not followed was maybe not the right one. We are perhaps heading where we should be going after all.

Occasionally, we see that there are times when even trees find themselves changing direction.

It was taking this photo in the Wood of Cree earlier today that prompted me to write the above post.