Friday, June 29, 2012

the things she left behind:

a sony camera,
a pocket full of yellow m&ms,
two books,
chocolate covered pomegranate seeds,
the story of her life-
all accidental...

and then, 
on purpose,
a snail under the parsley plants
with a message on its belly...
"i'll try to hurry back"

dear little snail, 
how can we possibly wait that long?

16 comments:

foto+grafie said...

:)

Virginia said...

Such a dear thing.
V

Birdman said...

Lady, do you dream in poems?

Sharon Creech said...

Luv the snail, but who? Who? Who left it? Who?

PerthDailyPhoto said...

Chocolate covered pomegranate seeds! Yum!! Never mind the camera haha!

Malyss said...

What a beautyful world, the one where snails are blue and leave messages behind..

Jack said...

You are so poetic, brattcat. Once again I am puzzling over your message, but I am learning to enjoy it and not feel obligated to solve it.

Cezar and Léia said...

What moving words!
God bless you!
Cezar

Lowell said...

It always seem shorter and faster coming home than when you're going somewhere. I think that holds true for snails, too.

irinapictures said...

The story of her life sounds so romantic.
Life is so good.

Dave-CostaRicaDailyPhoto.com said...

Like good poetry, yours stirs thoughts.

Doug Hickok said...

Oh but the memories brought back could fill the shell of a galloping Galapagos turtle.

Jilly said...

Oh how utterly fabulous!

slim said...

The message on the under-belly is the kicker. Your dear daughter came to mind as I was teased by the riddle.

Pat said...

That is so good...the photo and the commentary!

Carraol said...

Beautiful concept. The transmission of joy and color!