Going Green

Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends... Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. - Thoreau

Trash Art by Tim Noble and Sue Webster

you threw me away

like yesterday's trash

oblivious to endless possibilities of recycling

i'll be back my dear

in a different form

better than ever

never say never

your loss

our pain

my gain

in this overflowing bin of disdain

Author's Note

"It is the marriage of the soul with nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination." - Thoreau

Reviews

[barleygirl]

I love how you use "green" to denote recycling of relationships. I have a brother who married & divorced the same woman twice. It's very tempting to think a "do-over" might turn out better, but I can assure you, it rarely does. This narrator sounds like the kind of guy who might eventually need to be blocked (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Pete]

wow, twice huh - talk about trying. it takes more for some people to learn their lesson - the hard way. some things can't be fixed. i tend to agree with you - instead of going back down the same road it's probably best to find a different route. i actually meant 'back' as emerging as a better, different person able to rise above and move on - kind of like, "i'll show them" ... :)

[emmajoy]

Such very sad and hurtful facts, plus, those often juggled to find an appropriate cure. Perhaps. Like good and bad feasts, guess we have to learn not to try exactly the same again? But, on the other hand, explore possibilities, knowing which ingredients you prefer! Again, perhaps.

Video unknown but, will explore!

[Pete]

good to hear from you em. as a society, there is now a great focus on recycling items but it got me thinking about people - why do we not put as much effort into changing (recycling) ourselves and others? sometimes we see what we want to see - even to the point of false illusions. as the old proverb says, one person's trash is another person's treasure. all is in the eye of the beholder. thoreau wrote that, "Things do not change; we change." ... :)

as i'm sure you know by now, i'm a big fan of black sabbath and happen to come across this cover band that does their songs with a unique styling.

think spring! ... :)

[emmajoy]

Think best of most things and people.. not always easy, in fact painfully hard at times. But others will say similar of me/us! And yes, we do change.
In fact perhaps we need to by not expecting so much of others.. or more often or not, ourselves. We are { take it or leave it, human and not perfect. Well, I'm not! Thinking Spring.. and how!
Keep safe, Pete. Please.

[andrew mitchell]

Yes someone’s trash is another ones treasure. How true with love not having a specific time limit, we go the journey, stop, recover, then jump on another band wagon hoping it will last longer this time. Where once it was for better or for worse now it’s a quickie exit if one hits their first bump in their relationship. I suppose nature recycles all the time like shedding its skin to keep in top shape. Anyway rambling on a bit Pete, nice writing with your usual message swept under the carpet. Love Thoreau! :)

[Pete]

no worries andrew, not considered rambling. i very much appreciate your take on things. if only we humans were as efficient, resilient and as true as nature. however, variety is the spice of life. thoreau dared to be different and live the life that he imagined and people didn't understand him at the time. now over a century later we read his writings from that time and appreciate his timeless wisdom and insights into the human condition. they don't call it transcendentalism for nothing! ... :)