#decaying civilization

[jonathanmoya1955]

One Last Breeze

One Last Breeze It sneaks under the threshold of the long shut door,over the shedding skin of peeling wallpaper,past the dusty spines of now unread books—turning pages no one meant to leave,step less, voice less— a curious breeze.It seeks the crack in the window—to leave this vault of knowledge behind—these graves beyond, both named and unknown—all these heavy stones and plastic flowers in…

One Last Breeze

[svart-sjo]

The death of building fabric in one sentence..

"Noen trær har vokst seg så store at det ser ut som om de omfavner husene, holder dem fast, grenene griper rundt veggene, tynne kvister pirker forsiktig i sprekker, langs vinduskarmer, granskende, prøvende, tynne ranker slynger seg rundt tykkere grener, klatreplantene kryper uanstrengt inn halvåpne vinduer, de smuldrer opp murene, utvider sprekkene i dem, vokser seg inn i husene, dekker dem, husene skifter form, de rette linjene brytes opp, dekkes av mykt bladverk, innhylles og oppløses, etter en stund er det ikke lenger plantene som klatrer på husene, men plantene som holder dem oppe, de har tatt over, før bygningsrester inni det grønne kollapser fullstendig, og det snart bare er en røys tilbake, dekket av tett vegetasjon."

- Der skyene begynner

av Rannveig Leite Molven

My English translation of this picturesque description of buildings in decay...

Some trees have grown so big that it looks like they are embracing the houses, holding them tight, branches gripping around walls, thin twigs piercing carefully into cracks, along window frames, searchingly, thin tendrils entwine thicker branches, climbing plants creep effortless through half open windows, they crumble the walls, widen the cracks in them, grow inside the houses, cover them, the houses shift form, the rectangular lines break up, are covered by soft foliage, get cocooned and dissolved, after a while it's no longer the plants climbing on the houses, but the plants are holding them together, they have taken over, just before the remnants of the buildings inside the green collapse completely, and soon there is nothing left but a heap of stones, covered by dense vegetation.