Hints of sapphire
glimmer in the shadows on rounding crags of chipped sidewalk. Unlike a
well-loved coffee mug chipped from use, the sidewalk lays forgotten and tread
upon by students. Only noticed when the edge of ones boot collide with the
sharp separations of squares of sidewalk. We are but pack mules only noticing
what obstructs our path to the destination, unable to notice the minuscule
imperfections of magic that the world holds.
Where
the natural meets the unnatural, umber dirt yields to cement. One soft and
malleable permits life to flourish; the other hard, unyieldingly sharp. Yet
sidewalks erode like anything else. All things do yield.
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ReplyDeleteImmediately, I was intrigued by the comparison of a chipped coffee mug to a chipped sidewalk. This reflection of how humans only pay attention to what is in their way is brilliant. It reminds me of how easy it is to take things for granted in life. Why is that we find it easier to say that we are annoyed rather than pleased? Is it not in our daily routine to ever just sit back and enjoy? This encourages me to want to walk around and just smile before I might trip wearing my boots.
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