Monday, January 25, 2010

Umbrella



The clouds are endless. They are not the wintry, wispy clouds of an imagination, floating lazily over a soft blue sky. No, these clouds subsume the very suffocation of a nightmare ... a lost, lonely nightmare. They stretch over the horizon, dipping and curving into an endless grey smoke that destroys every bit of light behind it. Today, my eyes reflect the storm. They are not their usual green; the leafy color sparkling the delightfulness of joy, of pleasure, of life. Today, I cannot recognize my gaze in the mirror. My eyes smoulder grey, inky depths, a mysterious void that even the sky begs to echo.



The rain is blue, beating incessantly on my windows. Puddles swish in the streets as cars slice through them, dragging them along under their black tires. Today, I am the rain. I can't stop pounding a bothersome beat, a simple annoyance. Today, I am the whipping wind, a force that commands the trees to bend in my wake. Yet again, I try to stop, but it's impossible. I am vulnerable, yet impenetrable. I am stooping, yet I am still standing tall. I will fight til the end, even if I break inside.



Today, it is stormy. I am not upset with the weather, however, even though it is a shadow over the clear skies of my dreams. For once, I understand. I understand that in order to stay strong, you must sometimes break down and let it all out. Looking into the deep, swirling, infinitive roof of the world, I realize that sometimes, the world must cry, too. Our world must let it all out because sometimes, that's all you can do. Tomorrow the rain will be gone, and the sky will be clear once again. The world will stop crying. Its pain will be gone. Until then, I'll simply put up an umbrella, and I will just continue to walk on.




Photographs courtesy of myvintagevogue.com.

15 comments:

  1. ahh i was so excited when i got an adorable umbrella for christmas and even more so when i got to use it yesterday! haha. love these- thanks for sharing!
    xx
    and gorgeousss blogg- will definitely be back again visiting SOON!

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  2. Beautiful post. You are such a talented writer. I love all the photos too! xoxo

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  3. My basic black umbrella seems so blah now... Loving the polka-dots on the first one!

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  4. So delicate a great accessory
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  5. Yep,even tough I don't think to much what umbrella to chose when it rains,this could be a vrey important item :) Also,one of the cutest umbrellas I found on www.leblogdebetty.com (she has a great one ) !

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  6. I love umbrellas! I got a new one this year that's black on top and underneath, it's blue with clouds. It's absolutely darling. The wind wasn't very kind to it, though, the other day, so it looks a little disheveled in a spot from me trying to close it in time to avoid a nasty gust of wind. Oh well.

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  7. What a lovely pictures, I like them all.

    Thanks for your lovely comment on my blog, sorry it takes me a lot to get back to you ;)

    Saludos,
    Clau!

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  8. Lovely writing... love the first photo & umbrella.

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  9. Very poetic, I feel the same...jeez why do I live in Seattle?
    XOXOX
    Libby
    http//fashionconfectionairy.weebly.com

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  10. Are those your words? You write beautifully, you know that? You have given such depth to these lovely images. Lovely post. I love rains and am really looking forward to monsoon this year as I am shifting into an apartment with a terrace.

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  11. so pretty. i wish people still used parasols.

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  12. Beautiful post! Love the images you chose to go with the words... so glamorous chic and ladylike! Wish I looked like that when I'm trudging around the rainy city ;-)

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  13. I want pretty umbrellas too hehe

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