Unless you are here: this garden refuses to exist. Pink dragonflies fall from the airand become scorpions scratching blood out of rocks. The rainbows that dangle upon this mist: shatter. Like the smile of a child separatedfrom his mother’s milk for the very first time.--from poem Blood and Blossoms Aberjhani
About This Quote

This quote is taken from an essay written by Peter Matthiessen, who was one of the first scholars to study the Moche. He was also the first scholar to study the Moche culture, which existed in the Peruvian highlands between 600-900 AD. The Moche were renowned for their intricate art, which they used to decorate their homes and temples. They are known for making what are considered to be some of the most beautiful ceramics ever made. The quote is taken from a very powerful poem that describes how much the people of the Moche loved their homeland.

It explains how much it meant to them that they could live in an area where they could grow many different types of plants, including the dragonflies that inspired them to create this quote. However, when they moved into Peru, they realized that there were many different plants there as well. They were not used to seeing so many plants around them so they felt as if they had to take up arms against them all.

They created a tribe called the Moche, who are often blamed for being so destructive to the land – but this is very unfair because it is clear that they respected all of nature and tried to live in harmony with it. However, every time they got into fights with other tribes – who were also respected by nature – they would always lose because nature won every single time – and this made them feel as if there was nothing left for them to fight for.

Source: I Made My Boy Out Of Poetry

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