Do we have to be awayto find home? Not the mortgagedtwo cars in the drivewaydouble-income kind of dwelling I’m talking peacein the heart, comfortin the soul, blessed home I have felt Presencein nature, witnessed Spiritin a newborn’s eyes beheld reverence in a dyingsister’s final breath – fleetingglimpses, nothing solid I seek an eternal senseof belonging, […]
To compensate for the obnoxiousexuberanceof my flameI attemptto oversimplify Oh dear!Seems I’ve failedagain… (As a young woman, obnoxious was the word beaus used when breaking up with me. The poem says the rest. Art my own.)
It’s Monday again –days passing throughmy hands like sand,no receptacle in whichto catch the granules –why this sense of urgency? In high school, I played hookywiped away the hours in emptyplaces, sought answers forquestions I could not articulate,chased dust while other formulateddreams – how is this any different? Am I not just recreating the pattern,painting […]
Beautifully written and I so love that lone plane against the blue sky – No, it isn’t easy.
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Beautifully written, V.J.
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Thank you, Ma’am!
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Most welcome!
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Beautiful post.
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Thank you!
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Welcome, dear.
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How I long for that simplicity! I love the picture of the white plane against the blue sky.
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So hopeful, isn’t it! Thanks Liz.
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Yes, hope in its purest form.
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Beautiful. ‘This, too, shall pass.’ Doesn’t everything?
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That’s the hope. Thanks John.
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Well said V.J. Not so simple
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Thanks Tina.
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I like the juxtaposition of the notion that the simplicity of staying put can become complicated. We humans have a lot to learn.
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Gives us lot to write about, lol. Thanks Heather!
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Welcome!
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Very nicely done! ❤
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Thanks Deborah!
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❤ !
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