Not programmed to comply –cannot tolerate oppression:a pressure cookerready to explode Do-gooders sit upstraight and smileencouragement:I slouch defiance Don’t ask me to respectthat which is disrespectful –my fuse is shortof that I’m certain Don’t slot me;leave me –creative inspirationis not lacking here I’m a free agenta incorrigible scamp –authority doesn’t scare me’cause I’m beyond control. […]
Every child bears the sparkof eternity’s promise…Where’s the threat in that? What mechanism of hateequates slaughterof innocents with justice? This is society’s bane –the unconscionable policiesof greed lacking accountability (Tuesdays I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson. Image my own)
A simple shoebox, repurposedwith plastered images of dreams –paper affirmations of aspirations –shelved and forgotten, its contents snapshots, faded and torn, remnantsof another time, a different future –captured when potential was primeand possibility untainted by illness This one was retirement – a supposedcelebration – but note how the colourhas drained the cracks obliteratingpride of accomplishment; […]
One Woman's Quest II 
I love the cloud formations VJ!
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Thanks Aletta.
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Oh wow!
I’m seeing these types of clouds after so many days. They truly look so beautiful on a clear blue sky.
Thank you so much for sharing these with my challenge 🙂
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Always a pleasure!
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VJ, I started humming a Paul McCartney written song “For tomorrow may rain, so I’ll follow the sun.” Keith
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Oh, great song. Thanks Keith.
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Great shot!
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Thanks Heather
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Welcome!
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I see the sun! (I didn’t at first; my attention was focused on the clouds.)
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The clouds were huge that day and I didn’t notice the sun at first either. Quite spectacular.
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Yes!
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