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 
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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