The Little Things

Noticing is a form of devotion.

A jar of threads, stamps, worn bits of velvet ribbon—is not about grandeur.
It’s about the quiet, the overlooked, the things you almost threw away but didn’t.
Because something in them whispered “remember.”

A chipped charm. A rusted key. A photo corner from someone else’s album.
These are not just objects.
They are markers.
Breadcrumbs.
Symbols of lives that were and still echo.


The almost-invisible, little things, the unnoticed details, The kind that rarely makes a sound.

In life, we rush toward the fireworks—
but it’s the small ember,
smoldering in the corner,
that lights the room. That hold truths often missed.

The soft glow,
the thing beneath the noise,
the hush under the shout.

The world dazzles.
It puts on a show—
but truth rarely walks through the front door.
It slips in quietly,
tucked inside a thread,
a torn page,
a lost key.

It often hides in the quiet.
In the in-between.
In the things most overlook—
because they are small, or old, or ordinary.

To really see—to notice—is an act of desire.
To slow down, to look past the fanfare,
is to believe that meaning can live in the margins.

The source is rarely dressed for attention.
But it is there.

And if you pay attention—quietly, without demand—
you will begin to hear it.
And then you will know:
the truth was never hidden.
We were just looking the wrong way.



Comments

3 responses to “The Little Things”

  1. So lovely, Corey. Your blog is pure poetry for the eyes, the ears, the heart, always.

  2. Beautiful poetry and small things that intrigue us with their stories.

  3. Ella DYER

    Chère Corey,

    As always, your blog is a joy to read.
    May we heed your wise words,
    May we continue to look for the truth, which as you remind us, is not hidden.
    May we continue to look the right way.

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