Irony - bittersweet.

"Thanatopsis"



translated as - a contemplation of death - or - death, the sight of it.



Just after speaking with my mother-in-law on the phone, this is the poem my tutoring client needed help with. How overwhelming. How perfectly fitted to my day.



We read the poem. We pulled out its Romantic, semi-pantheistic message. "Don't be afraid of death, because in the end we become the trees and the grass just like everyone before and after us." We were packing up when explosions rocked the cafe. We rushed outside to disover the cause of it and bask under fireworks.



I drove home to contemplate Thanatopsis.