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 […]
Not much longer… π
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It always feels like forever here, as the cold weather can linger well into May.
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…but there will be many signs of spring long before that, right?! πΈπ¦β
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We are always optimistic.
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Or at least try to be. π
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lol.
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Gorgeous! β€
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Thanks.
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Aww yes, the joys of spring. Wonderful photos V.J. for this week π
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Thanks Cee.
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Cocky looking little bird. I’d believe him if he says Spring is on the way!!!
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I wouldn’t believe him, he’s a cat bird – suffers confusion, lol.
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So do I! What welcome splashes of color!
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Thanks. Seems so far away….
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It sure does…
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sigh
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