I am not the me,
not the me you thought I’d be,
not the one to set you free
and not the one you once believed
would stem the tides of seas.

I am more than me,
not the one you had foreseen,
but just like you I had a dream –
a delicate contingency –
depending on a “we.”

image: Untitled blue

we are the jigsaw,
reliant on each other
for our destiny.

image: James Jordan

the leaning maple
appears to be faltering
even as it blooms.

*
Thanks to Shelley for kindly offering to exchange seed words. She sent “leaning” my way, and I burdened her with “rejuvenation” (and she made pretty good use of it). Oops, I actually burdened her with “regeneration” – she still did well with it.

My expressions are often subjected to the limitations of text, so I’m always pleased when someone finds a way to give my words a little more impact. Which is why I’m sharing this piece of visual art. It was put together by the talented folks at iFractal and sent my way by Frank.

It couples a haiku I posted last month (“advocate“) with a photo (“Lapsana apogonoides“) from jam343’s flickr photostream.

Jam343’s photo is licensed under and used in accordance with a creative commons attribution 2.0 generic license.

Check out the rest of jam343’s superb photos.