Have you seen the way trees turn white when the wind whispers news?
The way the swollen clouds turn darker shades of heavy blues?
And have you noticed the silence of bird-folk amongst giants?
Heavy in their weigh, they are learned of compliance.
And have you seen the way he takes sun from the sky, and brings it to the ground?
Shattering the oaken, and cracking the sound?
Have you felt the tears of the ocean against you?
The giant orphaning each drop that it wields to beset you?
And have you found the death of the eldest riverbed?
Shifting rock and root, for a crack at your head!
But perhaps you’ve seen through to other days?
Where wrath is forgiven, and the sun shine stays.
(Source: sludgeon)
"No, my friends, what bothers me today is the lack of, well, I guess you would call it authentic experience. So much is a sham. So much is artificial, synthetic, watered-down, and standardized. You know less than half a century ago there were sixty-three varieties of lettuce in California alone. Today, there are four. And they are not the best lettuces, either; not the most tasty or nutritious. They are hybrid lettuces with built-in shelf life, the ones that have a safe, clean, consistent look in the supermarket. It’s that way with so many things. We’re even standardizing people, their goals, their ideas. The sham is everywhere."
- Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume (via alteringminds)
(Source: just-gene, via alteringminds)
