D.

“I love seasons...

But, I must admit--
at the risk of offending the others--
autumn is my very favorite one,
as all masks and fancy costumes turn fire
and then are shorn,
when all illusions fall away,
and the beauty of stark reality is fully
revealed.”
― Shellen Lubin

“We live in anxious times, my love,
anxiety-producing times.
It doesn't mean we have to be anxious,
but if we've got it,
we've got to find some way to relieve it.”
― Shellen Lubin

“I take an odd kind of comfort in the fact
that in history--
although people have died,
countries have been destroyed,
civilizations have fallen--
life itself has continued on...

Are we doing what we need to do to save ourselves,
to save our civilization?

Are we doing what we need to do to live and create
and love fully now?”
― Shellen Lubin

“You cannot move forward in the real world
if you cannot see the real world.
You cannot find the beauty in the world
if all you see is its adornment.

Autumn comes.
Autumn falls.
Autumn leaves.
The world turns fire
and burns off all that is fading.”
― Shellen Lubin