Half-Extinguished Thoughts

   And now, with gleams of half-extinguished thought,
 With many recognitions dim and faint,
 And somewhat of a sad perplexity,                          
 The picture of the mind revives again:
 While here I stand, not only with the sense
 Of present pleasure, but with pleasing thoughts
 That in this moment there is life and food
 For future years.

             --William Wordsworth, Tintern Abbey

FYI, these photos were taken at Darul Aman Palace on the southern outskirts of Kabul, which is near where this suicide attack took place. The convoy apparently was on the road leading to the palace and the attack occurred at approximately the same time of morning we were there more than than two months before.

It just makes you think.