Thinks happen: Reassembled

Putting a life back together.
All the original parts are still there;
now reassembling, it looks different.
Those empty places were always there; now they show.
There were seams, now there are cracks.
What faced the day is now mostly turned inward.
It will take work, help, courage to sort it, to get it all back together, to be useful.
It’s all there, some of it damaged, but it is all there.

ed ed says: this is very powerful, anyjazz, the assembly of blocks and the assembly of words and meanings. "there were seams, now there are cracks.." is a compellingly fine and tragic phrase. seams join, cracks divide. (i was going to make a sideways reference to blackburn, lancashire, when i saw the thumbnail, but...) wonderfully expressed..

anyjazz65 says: Thank you ed ed for your recognition of the theme. I was afraid it might be a bit obscure. I wanted to forego the usual happy “Thanksgiving” theme of today. It is a singly American holiday and even many Americans have forgotten or never knew what the holiday symbolizes.

Sitting in an automatic car wash yesterday I saw this pile of blocks across the street. The entire idea assembled while I waited. When the wash was done, I crossed the street and took the photo.

I wanted to give vision to the thought that there are many individuals today whose lives are shattered by the events they must face. They need our support and understanding.

“And now we know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall.”

Thanks ed ed.

ed ed says: it's not obscure at all to me. your thought about seams/cracks will dwell in the mind for a long time. with a certain age and a certain imagination such things are clear. it has also recently come home to me strongly and personally how the mind and the body can appear to turn against us, and how what were once our props, pillars and supports can so easily become our weaknesses. understanding is the key, i think, as you say, and a certain acceptance of the way things go. the image you chose to express this, the picture i mean, is just right, with its strengths, weaknesses, imperfections, emptinesses too...

i didn't even realise it was thanksgiving, and don't really know what it symbolises - although i'l look it up now and learn. your picture is provocative of much thought and they are the pictures i like best these days.... not just prettiness, but something behind all that... i'm grateful to you for raising this theme...

(4000, i believe)

anyjazz65 says: Thanks ed ed. Then this picture has served its purpose. To provoke thought. If we all could just THINK.

"And though the holes were rather small, we had to fill them all."

TLC_WV says: Very interesting thoughts! Much better than an empty "Happy Thanksgiving" although as my daughter is home from college and my son from school it has been a Happy Thanksgiving break at our house this week....

anyjazz65 says: Thanks TLC. You are indeed having a happy day.