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 […]
Lovely capture, with equally amazing thought 🙂
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Thanks so much!
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I concur with the comments of your other readers! A walk in nature restores my unsettled equilibrium like nothing else.
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There is nothing quite like it.
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I find walks with nature very peaceful and calming. Lovely piece, V.J.
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Thanks Eugi! Me too.
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That looks like a huge tractor. Wonderful entry for both challenges 😀
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Love the challenge!
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I love this one V.J.! Being out in nature can really put things into perspective, can’t it?
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It can! Thank you Terri.
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awesome words to reflect upon! 🙂
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Thanks Wendi!
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my pleasure VJ!
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Lovely post! I find walks very healing as well. 🙂
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Thanks Julie. Nothing like it.
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Excellently done! ❤
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Thanks Deborah!
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You are welcome! ❤
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Really puts things into perspective!
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It does! Thanks Heather.
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Welcome!
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Reblogged this on Reena Saxena and commented:
VJs take on Exploration Challenge #123
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I like the last line the best.
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Thanks, Reena!
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