It's Earth Day. And the First Day of Summer in Iceland. A public holiday. Despite all that, today feels very gray and gloomy to me. Dingy. Musky. Mousy. Colorless. Bleak. Barren. But, perhaps it's just me.
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A gray overcast day
Murky rivers
Heavy flow
The Icelandic summer has begun
We’re through the winter maze
We’re not lost. We're alive.
How amazing!
Yet death lingers
To the naked eye
Bare branches
Standing solemnly
In a row
Worn
And torn
Old leaves
Old growth
Once full of flavor and colour
Heartbeats of seasons passed
Now showing again
Lifeless
Death, peeking through
From underneath the snow
Not all things beautiful are bright and blue
Sometimes you have to look,
forage your inner landscapes
for your brilliance
Your magic!
Sense your inner sparkle
In the subtleties around you
Oh yes
What a relief!
There it is
A fellow dragon in a tree
A golden plover flying free
See there!
A single flower in the stream
A yellow glow
Glistening in the flow
Of forever
And on its banks
From underneath the shrubs
Something new is emerging
Oh and look at those trunks!
My stubs?
Yes, I too am an elephant!
Grounded.
Seagulls and ravens are battling in the sky
I hope their young ones are ok!
I know (moping)
Nature has its way
I have to relax
Mind my own business
Just witness
As the circle of life
Unfolds all around me
Evolution in spiraling motion
The center
A song in my heart
༄ Sóley ~ Photos, my own
