Tenderness

Freelton, Ontario 2, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Tenderness does not choose its own use.

It goes out to everything equally.

Jane Hirshfield

Question

RIC_9671-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

When your life looks back— 

as it will, at itself, at you—what will it say?

...

Mortal, your life will say,

As if tasting something delicious, as if in envy.

Your immortal life will say this, as it is leaving.

Jane Hirshfield, When Your Life Looks Back