“nothing which we are to perceive in this world
equals the power of your intense fragility.”
~ e. e. cummings ~
Digitally enhanced image created from a photo, taken in April 2020, of thin 2000 year old pieces of birch bark that were preserved in a layer of sand, mud and loam below the level of the ground water table.
© 2020 nightpoet all rights reserved
“The partition separating life from death is so tenuous. The unbelievable fragility of our organism suggests a vision on a screen: a kind of mist condenses itself into a human shape, lasts a moment and scatters.” ~ Czeslaw Milosz