Roadside Bouquets by Subtle Keystrokes & Prof. Mayfly published on 2023-11-19T00:56:16Z Lyrics: https://subtlekeystrokes.wordpress.com/2023/11/19/roadside-bouquets/ I often find myself, while working on the roadside or walking the city streets, noticing beauty and life where it is least expected. Discarded, trashed, or otherwise unnoticed bouquets on the roadside are a stark reminder of the importance of being grateful in the most difficult and ugly of times. Flowers growing through concrete cracks, on the sides of bridges and through the asphalt. Discarded bouquets which haven't lost their colors, and even fake flowers thrown to wind can all serve to remind me of the same beauty. One thing I think we all know, all too well, is how tempting it can be to surrender to dejection, apathy and self pity. To let circumstances dictate our ability to succeed. It's very true that the world can be cold, demoralizing, and even hostile to growth. And maybe your excuse is valid, maybe you were sown into the most unforgiving of environments and circumstances, robbed of your chance to really thrive in the light of the sun or thrown away as soon as your color began to fade. But I see a thriving ecosystem where it has no business being. Life sprouting from nothing! Beautiful colors in the trash, and I think to myself... How tremendous that this piece of life and beauty has not given up yet. How lucky I am to be in the light of this, which would have been so easy to miss. It strikes me that when we resign ourselves to thinking there is no beauty in our surroundings, we miss so much of what makes life beautiful. And when we allow ourselves to believe that it is too strenuous a task to keep on going, we forget that growing, is really all there is to life anyway. ~ Prof. Mayfly Genre Experimental Comment by Hannah Pugh Such a beautiful message in this song I love the way you think 🥰 2024-02-14T13:48:04Z Comment by Areo // Producer this part is so good 2023-12-02T22:55:00Z Comment by Areo // Producer This is one of the best songs i’ve heard in a long while brother! 2023-11-19T20:52:26Z Comment by dizzkant very deep and atmospheric! 2023-11-19T19:36:48Z