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)
One Woman's Quest II 
Your photos bring the quote to life! 🙂 ❤
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Thanks Deborah!
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Great quote. We’re too often in a hurry to really notice. Love the textures in this photo.
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Even I, with my slow stroll, almost missed this shot. We need to be present to catch the magic.
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So true!
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The quotes such a simple observation with pretty sweeping implications. Lots of times the simple beats the complex.
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True! Thanks for commenting.
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I love the quote! I hadn’t run across it before. The accompanying photos play off it very well.
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Thanks. I hadn’t heard it before either, but thought it suited this photo.
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You’re welcome. The internet is giving us access to all kinds of insights we wouldn’t otherwise encounter.
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Yes, it is!
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