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 […]
One Woman's Quest II 
Peek a boo and corn on the cob. Fun shots.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks!
LikeLike
Great pics, VJ! Squirrels are such entertaining little creatures.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks. They sure are.
LikeLiked by 1 person
😊
LikeLike
Lovely captures! Squirrels are great fun…
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks. They sure are.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Lovely.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you
LikeLike
Awwwdorable! 🙂 ❤
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks.
LikeLiked by 1 person
They are cuties.
LikeLiked by 1 person
They really are and good subject matters if I get to them before the dogs, lol.
LikeLiked by 1 person
haha!
LikeLike
Wasn’t Mr. Squirrel an obliging fellow to pose so micely for those photos!
LikeLiked by 1 person
He really was, lol.
LikeLiked by 1 person
😀
LikeLike