asakiyume: (shaft of light)
asakiyume ([personal profile] asakiyume) wrote2012-07-30 04:31 pm

more full of leaves

Come away, human child, for the world is more full of leaves than you can ever know.

leaves

Come away to where the blackberries grow

blackberries

Step in, step in deeper, into shadow. There are more fruits there, hidden, sweet, and black.

fruits in the shadows



Who and what were in this world?

Crows saying, autumn's coming. autumn's coming. I know that, crows. I know. I can read cool drenching dews and sharp skies too, you know. I know what blackberries mean.

Also titmice, singing one minute and raising an alarm the next. And something that rustled by the stone wall, something dark, not a shadow, because its darkness was sleek. I couldn't get a sense of size. What creature are you? Let me see your ears or eyes, so I can know. But the leaves hid it. Then, a moment later, a pointed ear, a green eye. Cat! You're the one alarming the titmice, then.

Also this small creature

tiny friend

And this magic fruit

a treasure fruit

And out my window now? Circles of light and dark, dancing.

circles of light and shadow



[identity profile] ashlyme.livejournal.com 2012-07-30 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, nice! Is that a shield bug among the berries? I love blackberry leaves when they turn that marvellous deep red, especially if they've been mazed by leafminers.

[identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com 2012-07-30 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Shield bug! That's what it's called. My mind was coming up with "helmet bug," which I knew was wrong.

[identity profile] yamamanama.livejournal.com 2012-07-31 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, that's what he is?

[identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com 2012-07-31 12:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes! If you search Google images, you'll find lots of pretty images.