Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Sitting in solitary serenity,


Beauty In Nature
Lauren Valdes
Mrs. Fabrizio
English Blk.1A
October 3, 2010

Beauty in Nature
Sitting in solitary serenity, gently nestled in the sun’s warm arms, I notice something I had not noticed before. I swiftly cross the heathen street which divides newly constructed modern homes from the dirty hole flooded by corrosive water. This pond, contained by lawful ‘’No Trespassing’’ signs, swallowed the signs whole and let me in.
    What is beauty? Is it rivers? Is it ponds? Is beauty natural or man-made? Are our concrete houses, and metal cars the center of beauty, power, and fertility? If this ugly pond is not beautiful, then I do not know what beauty is. This polluted water! This black sand! What could possibly be more beautiful?
      A long branch extrudes from the brown water. As it touches the shallow shoreline, it embodies nature. From the top, a light blue dragonfly glorifies its heavenly wings. The sun beams its theatrical spotlight down up on the star. I can see nothing else. As the spectacle goes on, this radiant spotlight tags a small school of filthy brown fish. These world class Latin dancers, spin abruptly around their three fined partner. As the Bird’s sweet song comes to an end, the star of the show takes center stage. A half pound catfish, bubbles, and jumps under this lifeless branch. The world is his audience.

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With intrigue, I quietly tap my finger into this disease-filled germ pit. The catfish, furious that I had stolen his limelight, fiercely bolted from the lifeless branch. After minutes stricken with worry, the once-jealous catfish returned for his finally.
How could such a lifeless branch harbor so much talent? How could something broken and dead be surrounded by emotions and attitude? Maybe this branch wasn’t so dead after all. Maybe life is the celebration of beauty. There is nothing more beautiful than connectedness: connectedness of nature, spirituality, and human nature. If a dead branch, a godly dragonfly, a moody...

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