Crane

As we step into 2019,

we like the thought that the new year

represents an opportunity for a fresh start,

resolving to make changes in how we live our lives;

to be better people, really.

We can do that.

Still, our lives remain an accumulation

of all the experiences we have had over the preceding years.

We are who we are

because of the people we have known,

the places we have been,

what we have seen, read, heard, learned.

Some of us may need a crane like this

to heave our life experiences

into the new year with us.

Taken 20 September 2018.

Chair #15

This bench at a bus stop

seems to be waiting for some companionship.

And the old brick facade

is a bit patched up;

there are hints of its former glory -

the glass brick that

flanks a section of newer brick

must have been a doorway;

and the boarded up sections

apparently were store-front windows;

then there are the pseudo-pillars between those sections,

with different brick down the middle of them

and a little out-cropping to depict the capital;

a line of terra cotta tiles to define the roofline.

The broken globe of the old-fashioned streetlight

subtly punctuates the destitute air of the scene.

May we all enjoy cherished companionship

and deliverance from destitution

in the coming year.

Happy 2019 to one and all!

Photo taken 17 September 2018.