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)
She’s lovely in both pictures, VJ.
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She is! Thanks
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Lovely! I think she has her painted fingernails in the second photo?
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Likely. My son has been doing them for her.
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I was wondering if that might be the case. I remember his doing a very good job with red.
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He’s so sweet to her. It does my heart good.
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Still beautiful.
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She sure is. Thank you.
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Two wonderful photos. Your mum doesn’t look anywhere near her age!
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She has good genes, I’d say. Thanks.
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now we know where you get your looks from!! gorgeous!
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Hahaha. I look like my Dad, but thanks anyway.
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I see your mom in you!
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Thanks Wendi
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absolutely!
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Gorgeous then and now!
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She sure is. Thanks Jazz.
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VJ, I love comparative pictures like this. Thanks for sharing. Keith
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Thanks Keith.
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