Anxiety burnsan acidic devouring confidence impaled –mind wanders to childhood dreamsuncovers fear’s origin. (Tuesdays, I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson. I came across this tanka written in May/21 that seemed to match with the image I recently posted on my other blog. I decided to pair them here.)
We wait at the station, Mother and I,one final stop for her – painless she prays;I busied at bedside – prolonged goodbye –memories and regrets filling our days. “We live too long,” she wearily proclaims“Why must suffering linger till the end?”I plea and bargain, call angelic names,yet the will to survive refuses to bend. The […]
There are mouse bitssplayed across the sunroomstuck to my favourite throw rug and great globs of glue The trap my husband setto catch the recent invasionapparently lured the hunterfor she, stiff legged andface matted, is skulkingelsewhere I stepped on a gluey biteyes not yet openbefore notingthe disarray Hard to concentratewhen a tail detachedfrom a thigh […]
A beautiful post, VJ. Love your thoughts as well.
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Thanks so much!
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Love how the trees seem to form an arch in the last window view. ❤ I'd love to be the passenger instead of always the driver. It's all in the eye's of the beholder.
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It really is. For years, it was always me driving, until health took it away. Couldn’t take these pics from the driver’s seat.
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So true. There are advantages to being in the passenger seat. My daughter says to me, “Did you see that!” I reply, “No, I’m concentrating on driving.”
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I love how you brought the spiritual into the physical! Well done V.J.! ❤
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Thanks Deborah.
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Great points of view.
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Thanks Jon
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Those photos tell a lot of stories in itself
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Thank you. I think they do.
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These are beautiful car window views. The narrow, long road is my favorite! 🙂
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Thanks Amy. I love that view.
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Love the image of the road ahead VJ. Really tells a story
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Thanks Tina!
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