Perhaps it will seem to you that the sunshine is brighter and that everything has a new charm. At least, I believe this is always the result of a deep love, and it is a beautiful thing.
— Vincent Van Gogh
The Egyptians left
their pyramids,
the Romans their
public works,
the Greeks left
temples for
their deities,
the Persians
left palaces.
I am no
stoneworker,
will leave
no standing legacy,
just a heap
of heart rocks
beside the river
and all that enormous
space around them.