Doctoring broken hearts –my own legacy a training ground –like an anesthesiologist I keep the patient breathing,asleep – muted by kindness,unconscious and unable to react. Why? Because lulling others is moreeffective than operating on self –faux obligations such a balm Administer lidocaine to the woundsNumbness preferable to open-heartedinvestigation… no sutures strong enoughto remedy internal bleeding […]
Somehow I knew his mask was porcelain –impossible to hide the soul’s lightreflected in troubled eyes… I played along though,humoured his self-deceptionnodded at assertions of calm Knew that one day the facade would crackthe mask would slip and the rage escape Why I didn’t run; I do not knowMaybe it was recognition –my own countenance […]
Wrapped in reptilian attire, changeclimbs aboard my well-intentioned schemelike a boa constrictor – disarming me I am more inconvenienced than repulsed –after all, snake is my power animal,Or so the seer said…many years ago Days when I would wear the scalycomportment of power – invitetransformation- my essence a seeker But I am trying to settle […]
One Woman's Quest II 
The sunset is beautiful. Hope you’re resting.
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Thanks, friend. Had to go into town today to doctor. Good appointment though. Sometimes it is good to just check in and know that what you’re experiencing is normal.
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Glad to hear it was good. Normal? That’s a setting on the dryer. lol
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Ha ha ha – just above “all wrung out” – love it.
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LOL!!!!
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Thanks, Heather. Sadly, I don’t thing the prompt hosts, and certainly I, imagined the implication that fire would hold today. I posted this ahead of time.
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Sweet photo. Hard not to be drawn in by fire.
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It is true. In light of yesterday’s event – fire can also be so destructive.
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Unfortunately yes.
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Love the sky.
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