Growing, Rotting And Jotting

While England endeavors to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavor to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally? - Thoreau

forget me for who i wasn't

remember me for who i'm not

know that ample tears, rain and time

all make heavy steel and dry wood rot

Author's Note

"…Hard green wood just cut, though I used but little of that, answered my purpose better than any other. I sometimes left a good fire when I went to take a walk in a winter afternoon; and when I returned three or four hours afterward, it would be still alive and glowing. My house was not empty though I was gone. It was as if I had a cheerful housekeeper behind. It was I and Fire that lived there; and commonly my housekeeper proved trustworthy." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Perdition]

A walk of thought and ponder for the mind and ears and eyes. All senses told me of a need to be something of greenwood as well, to return to a trusting keeper and tidy maid of the nature of our being so to speak. Love that truck! Thanks for the pathway to a walk I had not intended this day.

[Pete]

the unexpected and unintended can sometimes be the most fulfilling. careful of greenwood - it smokes.

[mou]

'forget' and 'remember', paralleled with 'not' made me take a 'pause' and then I smiled. You rule over the magic of 'brevity', Pete
- mou

[Pete]

hmm. glad. i do tend to be a man of few words but i have moments of verbosity. all is over when we can longer turn up mouth's edges. thank you kindly for sharing.

[emmajoygreen]

There above are four lines that could be saying what one's interpretation says. But, both you and your guide leave much for the reader's intuition at times, but here there is more than valuable advice. Thank you, Pete.

[Pete]

straight on as usual. sometimes mice stir and lead us to unexpected places as we search for the cheese. thanks em.

[emmajoygreen]

Laughing... clever and witty response A quote?

[Pete]

mine for what it's worth. 😊

[emmajoygreen]

Permission granted for it to become a quote! ESS: Em Says So.

[Pete]

llllllllllllllllllooooooooooooooooooooooooollllllllllllll!

[emmajoygreen]

I owed you a few giggles! Tarrah for now.

[Betty Hermelee]

a moment in time, a thought, a ponder.... eventually over time and with rain in nature, trees will rot, fire will turn to embers but even then, there is a certain beauty to them....so, I guess that may apply to us humans...we tend to rot as well, slightly differently....love the photo, now listening to the music as I write this....I would have photographed that truck and then painted it.... great
Warmly, B

[Pete]

well now missy don't you just seem to know all the right things to say. glad you like the music and pic (the pic alone stirs up all sorts of thoughts). my son would want to get the truck running and fix it up to drive around in. thanks for a great share b.

[Betty Hermelee]

You’re very welcome my friend!
Warmly, B

[Thomas W Case]

Powerful work. You paint a story in your brevity of words.

[Pete]

thanks twc. i can just picture you behind the wheel of that truck.