Is it selfishthis chosen solitude?How I treasure silence,stillness baiting my muse And is it my calmthat attracts chaos?The sorrow of otherslanding on my doorstep What if I rejected pleas,locked out the troubles?How long can I sustainpeace until need answers? (Tuesdays, I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson. Image my own)
Does illness have a voice,and if so; is it melancholy,or dark and dank, divulgingdeepest despair, or revealinga vileness of nature? Discord creeps along my veins,disrupts muscles, systems failingunder the oppression –“Stay strong,” friends counsel,cannot hear the gathering storm,feel the heaviness cloaking me. I am not myself, but then;who am I? Is disease a mutationof the […]
Discharge the gun –protection a vesselthrough which our depthsare undefined…adrift Fear is a burrowerwears a false crownbirths losstrusts danger Hearts beg,amid this trigger-readinessfor a guardian – unafraidto court this meaningless Futility unchecked –to study productive optionsunimaginable in the current state of chaos on repeat. (Art my own)
One Woman's Quest II 
I love your photos especially the train tracks and tunnel
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Thank you!
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Beautiful photos and I am imagining them in the spring.
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The Spring will be glorious!
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I can only imagine!
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V.J., you said it all! 😀 ❤
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Lol. Thanks.
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VJ, I love the path forward picture. If we walk long enough, the snow will thaw. Keith
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Here’s hoping! Thanks Keith.
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I am looking forward to seeing the sun soon! Just a few more weeks and we should be seeing it more here in the Midwest.
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Hoping it won’t be long here Ontario.
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I hope not either!
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Such delightful photos you took for this week’s challenge. Thanks for pointing out the way 😀
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Thanks Cee – pretty grey here
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Sounds good to me!
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Can’t be long now, right?
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Right!!
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Excellent response to the prompt, both words and images!
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Thank you. So grey!
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