Flowers at Kamakura

A bud blossoms.
Into a bright pink-red flower.
Oblivious to the grey-white surroundings.
Small dark green leaves offer support or company.
A few Japanese characters appear blurred in the background.
Who knows?
What will be life of this flower?
And what does tomorrow hold for the bud that has not blossomed?

Is it a bunch of wild flowers & buds on a stem?
Or a bunch of garden flowers & buds on a stem?
What difference does it make?
Nothing.
Our lives continue.
Their lives continue too.
Yet, two solitary moments remain frozen in time.
The moment that captured their life in this picture.
And the moment that opened this picture in our's.

Frozen colors that appear so vibrant.
Frozen buds that appear so hopeful.
Frozen leaves & frozen flowers that appear so lively.
Frozen thoughts that convey so much.

And as happens always.. life moves on...silently..

~ A few thoughts penned after watching a nice picture.

Source of the picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/toshio1/188998382