The river dances
joyous rain and golden leaves -
singing autumn's hymn.
Autumn is one of my favorite times of year as it inspires reflection and sings to this introverts soul. The changing colors and falling leaves spiraling down through mossy woodland represent so much more than just the onset of winter. They represent the never ending cycle of life - rot, decay into the material that fuels spring's new growth. Death recycled into life... and so the unending circle of energy continues, renewing the world in a perpetual golden spiral.
For me autumn is a sign from nature of how everything is one and the same, the tree is nourished by rain bourn of the river's flow and the river dances in joy to see itself reflected in the falling leaves.
This sort of holistic view of the world seems alien to many of a scientific leaning, but as quantum physics develops increasingly sophisticated explanations of how matter interacts, many of the theories postulated lean closer to all particles being conected, even when separated by the void of a vacuum.
The type of reflective realization I describe in my haiku might not be empirically provable, but when felt it is beyond doubt. The world can be changed one person at a time. Change through personal realization is slower, but in the long term when achieved by a majority can seed lasting change for the better.
Ha ha, and after that sermon to the gods of nature 😂 I'll finish by saying that...
The haiku in this post attempts to capture what Japanese Haiku masters call Kigo (季語):
an explicit or implicit reference to a season, that defines the time of the year in which the haiku is composed.
Along with Mono no aware (物の哀れ):
empathy with nature and human life; the "feeling of things", nostalgia, regret for the passing of time, understanding of the changeability and of the transience without suffering.
and Yūgen (幽玄):
a sense of wonder and mystery; it represents the state of mind produced by the inexplicable fascination of things, the feeling of an 'other' universe, full of mysterious unity.
Please join me tomorrow for my final haiku inspired by a season, spring.
I have decided to challenge myself for a month to post a daily Haiku on Hive. Each week will have a different theme based on a picture prompt.
This week's broad theme is Reflection on Nature.
To read more about the aesthetics of true haiku, and the difference between haiku and senryu, please check out my post: Haiku Vs Senryu - The Aesthetics of Form
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