View with a grain of sand
We call it a grain of sand,
but it calls itself neither grain nor sand.
It does just fine without a name,
whether general, particular,
permanent, passing, incorrect, or apt.
Our glance, our touch mean nothing to it.
It doesn't feel itself seen and touched.
And that it fell on the windowsill
is only our experience, not its.
For it, it is no different from falling on anything else
with no assurance that it has finished falling
or that it is falling still.
The window has a wonderful view of a lake,
but the view doesn't view itself.
It exists in this world
colorless, shapeless,
soundless, odorless, and painless.
The lake's floor exits floorlessly,
and its shore exists shorelessly.
Its water feels itself neither wet nor dry
and its waves to themselves are neither singular or plural.
They splash deaf to their own noise
on pebbles neither large nor small.
And all this beneath a sky by nature skyless
in which the sun sets without setting at all
and hides without hiding behind an unminding cloud.
The wind ruffles it, its only reason being
that it blows.
A second passes.
A second second.
A third.
But they're three seconds only for us.
Time has passed like a courier with urgent news.
But that's just our simile.
The character is invented, his haste is make-believe,
his news inhuman.
View with a grain of sand
- Wislawa Szymborska
Comments and faves
Luciana Nechita, KATHY_TRAN, Mackeson, Andjelić Nikola, and 57 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Luciana Nechita (35 months ago | reply)
Wonderful moment and a beautiful photo, my friend...
lambeertje2 (35 months ago | reply)
AWESOME! seen in :
Trent Betts (35 months ago | reply)
Simply wonderful.
The Ghost of a Flea (35 months ago | reply)
awesome shot G!!
perfect in "super-happy-new-colour" hahaha!
musiclovingmichelle (35 months ago | reply)
Beautiful shot!I love his expression of natural contimplation it matches your poetry perfectly....
sabrina_gross78 (35 months ago | reply)
AWESOME! seen in :
"Photographers Gone Wild" Post 1 Award 3
bballkangaroo (35 months ago | reply)
This is great!
KATHY_TRAN (35 months ago | reply)
amazing :]
Mackeson (35 months ago | reply)
... and just try to find a plumber on the weekend.
Andjelić Nikola (35 months ago | reply)
perfect. perfekt. parfait. savrseno.
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venkane (35 months ago | reply)
Odlična..Najlepša dečija igra...
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Peky28 ( Life Is Rich ) (35 months ago | reply)
koliko simbolike u curenju peska kroz decije prste !!!
Čajka (35 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Seasons’ Magic INVITE ONLY-P1/A2 - Admin's Pick- Sunflowers, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Pesak i njegova rucica... savrseno.
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DCI Photography (35 months ago | reply)
Nicely done
..°° Nefele's World °°.. (35 months ago | reply)
nice shot
neferthais (35 months ago | reply)
wonderful!
provincijalka (35 months ago | reply)
curi i pijesak i rijeci koje si nam servirala...oboje ostavljaju trag...
Gordana AM (35 months ago | reply)
Thank.You.
Scout says - Highest position: 93 on Saturday, August 1, 2009
my lala (35 months ago | reply)
seen in / виђено у групи:
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@raffa@ (35 months ago | reply)
wow...simply wonderful
Giusy Iescone (cantoliberox) (35 months ago | reply)
Seen in:
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onkel_wart (busy) (35 months ago | reply)
Seen in:
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onkel_wart (busy) (35 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called 500x500, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
martikson (35 months ago | reply)
great shot
anders.rorgren (35 months ago | reply)
exellent bw-work! beautiful!
Mstee4eva (35 months ago | reply)
Excellent indeed, wow, words so powerful & true ,;o]...
Congrat'z on Explore btw.
Michelle Brea (35 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Portrait Award (Invite only -2 for 1 ), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Emanuele Cristallo (35 months ago | reply)
Seen in:
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Parvin ♣( OFF for a while ) (35 months ago | reply)
Seasons’ Magic INVITE ONLY - post 1/award 2
Pedja-G (35 months ago | reply)
Bravo Goco, odlična ideja.
wjosna (35 months ago | reply)
You Caught the Magic!
Seasons’ Magic INVITE ONLY - post 1/award 2
gman1455 (35 months ago | reply)
Seen in:
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Dragan* (35 months ago | reply)
Al' si lepaaaa i debelaaaa!
Ovaj link sam vec razaslao na hiljadu adresa...
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'erre' (35 months ago | reply)
<3
Seen in:
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Damir Smoljan (35 months ago | reply)
Super fokus!
zebra404 (35 months ago | reply)
Lovely picture
redsandra [deleted] (34 months ago | reply)
ne znam shta je dirljivije. a divni su oboje. i fotografija i shimborska.
Austie1 (34 months ago | reply)
All adjectives seem to come up short here...
Brilliant.
Love the prose too.
Michelle Brea (34 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Portrait Award - Hall of Excellence (Invite only!), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
visit your shot here:portrait award group: portraits of the day
Eirerun (34 months ago | reply)
Lovely image or portrait, if we call it a portrait ;)
svetslike (34 months ago | reply)
Izvanredna! :-))
guillaumemunck (34 months ago | reply)
Your fantastic portrait picture is my winner! You deserve another one!
Jimages Digital (34 months ago | reply)
this is wonderful. well thought out, and
has the feel of jazz, summer, and time
superb
jd
PuroLino.it (34 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Pure, simple and natural-Contest W h i t e, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
eugkyr (34 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Committee of Artists, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
saramellander (34 months ago | reply)
This is fantastic!
HanaS. (34 months ago | reply)
just perfect......*
bemu1 (33 months ago | reply)
beautiful photo
las - initially (33 months ago | reply)
Really nice. Shows how kids can become absorbed by common things.
Post the Alphabet
The World Through My Eyes
artLesley* (33 months ago | reply)
beautiful composition and colour
Post the Alphabet
The World Through My Eyes
uglybitch25 (29 months ago | reply)
brilliantthanks 4 sharing
*adrisbow photography* (a photo blog) (28 months ago | reply)
this is fabulous!
thatgirlisgirlie (25 months ago | reply)
Awesome capture!
Confluencemedia (7 months ago | reply)
When the imagination is used in a positive way, it is capable of turning a great mountain, a difficult situation, into a grain of sand.