Rivers merge. Trees may fork, but rivers merge. True, sometimes rivers split to form an island, and when they near the sea they may branch out like the roots of a tree. How the river knows it's near the sea is unclear to me, but it is the river's nature. As is the tendency of rivers to merge toward unity of flow. But what is my nature?
These twin buildings, seen from Ferenciek tere [Franciscan’s Square,] were built in 1902 and were commissioned by Princess Klotild [daughter-in-law of Archduke Joseph] and were designed by Floris Korb and Kalman Giergl. In the background are the Elisabeth Bridge [Erzsébet híd] and one spire of the Inner-City Our Lady of the Assumption Church [Budapest-Belvárosi Nagyboldogasszony Főplébánia-templom.]
Atlas of Improbable Places: A Journey to the World’s Most Unusual Corners by Travis Elborough
the moth is still.
is it alive or dead?
how patient am i?
one dandelion stands alone at field's edge; where are its friends?
the cattail sways with a unique rhythm, but - now - is still
the day is cold, but the sun is out, and the water sparkles
Taken in November of 2022 in Frankfurt. Some of this building was once part of a palace complex and was later a customs office but is now the Frankfurt History Museum. Part of it is the oldest surviving structure in Frankfurt Old Town. (Much of the Old Town was decimated by bombing during the Second World War.)
graves in autumn. under red-leafed trees -- soon to be bare
