Journal Entry 3
In Wang Wei’s poem, “Magnolia
Basin,” he writes of hibiscus blooming on a remote mountain hillside where no
one will see them: “One by one flowers open, then fall.” He is saying that life
blooms whether anyone notices, then is gone, without fanfare or anguish. His
poem affirms the natural course of life. Yet Wei’s hibiscus plant will have
flowers next year. Evelyn won’t, and I will notice.
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