Picturesque; Lonesome

There is something enchanting about a scenic, rainy day picture.

A fall-time picture.

Especially when it features a single, lonely, wet bench.

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Photographers cannot deny their lenses opportunities such as these.

We cannot tear our eyes away.

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The empty wood calls out to us.

For the warmth of a human body.

A break from the dreary leaves and rain.

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And yet...
                we do not sit.

Pants need to stay dry. Lives are too busy.

The rain and leaves make a lovely scene, nothing more.

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We only have time to look.


To pause.


Take the scene in.

Perhaps take a picture.

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And then... we walk away.


The bench is left as it was found.

Cold.

Untouched.

The scene preserved in a photograph.



Beautiful.

Lonely.