The words “Bad news” jumped out at me in my messages. It came just as we were preparing to go on vacation in Hawaii. Life intruded to inform me of a friend’s untimely and sudden death. Shocked, I let the news pass through me and busied myself with packing.
News of death is becoming a more frequent visitor lately. But this loss was so unexpected it brought home the reality of life’s precariousness.
Then, arriving in Hawaii, I spotted a rainbow, the first of many. Looking at first like an optical illusion, which of course it is, I watched it quickly intensify, shine brilliantly between dark clouds and ocean, and then, just as quickly, fade and disappear. The perfect metaphor for life?
Don’t weep, insects –
Lovers, stars themselves,
Must part.
– Kobayashi Issa
Thanks for the rainbow, I too lost a close friend this Holiday Season. I’m in the process of adjusting to the hole it has left in my life.
Beautiful image and message. I’m so sorry for your loss, Dianne.