In this episode of Wanderings with Bernard Koblah....
We journey into the fragile beauty of memory where deep connections, even the unforgettable ones fade.
What do we become when all is said and done?
Dust and ashes.
But perhaps, within that dust – is the shimmer of eternity - a hope beyond this sojourn.
TRANSCRIPT
Wanderings with Ashaley Koblah
Episode 3: Dust and Ashes – A Sojourn
This is Wanderings with Ashaley Koblah.
Welcome to Episode 3 — Dust and Ashes.
Today we reflect on the fragile beauty of memory
and the stillness left behind when something — or someone — is gone.
Dust and ashes.
Deep connections forged
Unforgettable memories made
Only to watch them fade
to dust and ashes.
Life, indeed, is a mist
Here for a moment,
Gone with the wind.
We laugh, we love,
We ache, we despair
Each moment a stitch
in the shroud of time.
This world
A sojourn of longing
Where joy is brief,
and sorrow lingers.
What is mortal man
but dust with dreams?
What are we
without the hope of life eternal?
Your love, divine
A mooring for me.
I wrote this thinking about shared dreams with loved ones
who now sleep through the static
man’s compulsory service.
A dream
like a leaf.
The spine—holding, locking the two equal parts.
And then… half is torn away.
The dream becomes not beauty
but an everlasting pain.
There is pain in remembering
but also — a quiet peace.
Even the fading
can carry profound weight.
Perhaps it’s in the letting go
that we begin to hold on
to what truly lasts.
Thank you for walking with me through dust and memory.
If life is a mist, may we learn to cherish it — before it disappears.
In the next episode
we sit with grief.
Raw. Honest. Full of love.
A farewell.
A tribute.
A broken question whispered to heaven.
Join
me for There’ll Be Water in the Rain.
Until then
walk gently.
