To the solemn sea the old women come

To the solemn sea the old women come

To the solemn sea the old women come
With their shawls knotted around their necks
With their fragile feet cracking.

They sit down alone on the shore
Without moving their eyes or their hands
Without changing the clouds or the silence.

The obscene sea breaks and claws
Rushes downhill trumpeting
Shakes its bull's beard.

The gentle old ladies seated
As if in a transparent boat
They look at the terrorist waves.

Where will they go and where have they been?
They come from every corner
They come from our own lives.

Now they have the ocean
The cold and burning emptiness
The solitude full of flames.

They come from all the pasts
From houses which were fragrant
From burnt-up evenings.

They look, or don't look, at the sea
With their walking sticks they draw signs in the sand
And the sea erases their calligraphy.

The old women get up and go away
With their fragile bird feet
While the waves flood in
Traveling naked in the wind.

The Old Women Of The Ocean by Pablo Neruda

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rain in the alley

rain in the alley

Pedestrians step back in time when they enter the short narrow lane connecting the lower ends of Yates and Johnson. Waddington Alley is the only street in Victoria still paved with wood blocks, an early pavement common in the downtown core.

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Happy snow

Happy snow

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Chinatown . day of the dragon

Chinatown . day of the dragon

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two birds fighting in the snow

two birds fighting in the snow

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