Monthly Archives: March 2009

“Unicorn” whispers a butterfly passing by

“Uni­corn” whis­pers a but­ter­fly pass­ing by, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. Walk­ing under the set­ting sun, a stroll into the mists of the pass­ing day. Last light break­ing through the branches of twisted trees along the path, the wind plays with the dust under my feet. I look over green pas­tures framed by wooden fences. …

12. March 2009 – 21:38 | By Thorsten | Posted in Prose | Tagged , , , | Comments (6)

Now we are shells

Now we are shells, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. We’re mov­ing, but not by our own design Shuf­fling towards the fin­ish line It’s illu­sive, shift­ing, tilt­ing There, on the shores of plenty We desire, we want, we need Yet we do not under­stand Nor do we seem to real­ize That we lost our­selves, our lives …

11. March 2009 – 22:33 | By Thorsten | Posted in Poetry | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Summer in my head

Sum­mer in my head, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. Walk­ing through the mem­o­ries of sum­mer in my head It’s a breezy day, warm and gen­er­ous Strolling down a cob­ble­stone path, hands in pocket Tak­ing a deep breath, stop­ping Eyes closed, lis­ten­ing to the wind in the wil­lows To the rustling and shuf­fling of the grass …

3. March 2009 – 21:13 | By Thorsten | Posted in Poetry | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Value and worth

Value and worth, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. Say, how much do you think you’re worth? Maybe $8 an hour? Or $50/h? Or $150/h? How about $45,000 a year? Or $100,000? I think you can tell where I am going. There are sev­eral value sys­tems we’re deal­ing with fre­quently, the most influ­en­tial being our income. …

3. March 2009 – 10:52 | By Thorsten | Posted in Musings | Tagged , , , | Comments (5)