Pebbled stream bed

Pebbled stream bed

The stream’s water continues to flow forth from its source, governed only by gravity’s pull and Earth’s magnetic forces to steer its course; and as the dancing liquid constantly blankets the stream bed pebbles, they become sculpted into smoother and smaller forms, grinding themselves into a dissipated grit that flushes away as Time ticks yet another Millennium by.

And as I sit and watch the glinting, chased fluid perpetually glide, I’m aware of one simple fact: I’ll be long gone from the world before this stream’s water stops flowing…

*Shot on a Panasonic Lumix LX3 10mp enthusiast compact camera with settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/3.2, pattern metering mode and an exposure time of 1/4 seconds*


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