Rebecca _Things About a Journey

List of words:

1. hallway
2. door
3. Bright light
4. sunglasses
5. Sun
6. Raindrops
7. trees
8. ants
9. Maintenance workers
10. Road
11. Sidewalk
12. Clouds
13. Shade
14. branches
15. Cracks
16. weeds
17. Cars
18. Parking ticket
19. Apartments
20. Garbage cans
21. Traffic
22. tires
23. People
24. Yelling
25. Dogs walking
26. Swimming pool
27. shoe
28. Empty cans
29. Orange fence
30. Empty lot
31. Dirt
32. breeze
33. Flowers
34. Birds
35. Brick
36. Green door
37. Rocks
38. Truck
39. Lizard
40. Mailbox
41. Package
42. Key
43. Locks
44. Air
45. Hardwood
46. Roommates
47. Glass
48. Ice
49. Water
50. couch

Haiku:

Orange fence, empty lot
Dirt whirling around the air
Flowers bring new life


My list includes the things I encountered on my walk home from Normal Hall to the inside of my house. It is a walk I make several times a day, but I discovered today that I usually fail to notice the little things. My haiku is about the empty lot that is next to my house. In the beginning of the year, an apartment complex was torn down and since then it has just been sitting there completely empty. It is just a huge field of dirt that is not very appealing to look at or live next to. While walking home today, I noticed something beautiful about this field of dirt that I never saw before. Flowers are blooming all over it! There is now a rainbow of different shades of purple and pink. When I stopped to actually look at the flowers I noticed that there were birds flying around them and singing. Noticing this very simple, yet beautiful thing reminded me that I need to take the time to not only acknowledge, but appreciate my surroundings. I was so focused on the ugliness of the empty lot that I failed to notice its beauty. I am sure this could be said for many things that I pass by everyday as well.