Talks stalledescapees strugglelives minimizedburdens heavydespair palpable Can they sensethe global hug,compassion circling? Do prayers have substance,or have the displacednever felt so alone? (Image mine)
Love evolves –a considerationwe overlookedthose day whenpassion drove usto fanciful displays Tried to align myselfto the certaintyof your dreamsbut my compasswas set elsewhere Memory, thoughhas tattooed uson my heart;the ink still bleeds. (Tuesdays, I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson. Image mine.)
Is the writing on the wall so cryptic?Graphic images depict rageflames of dissonanceyoung men bleeding at their own handscompassion incapacitated. A sad awakening for a society fixatedon rights and privileges, dominating culture excluding the nurtureof humanity, or preservation of life. How can we continue to closet our children’s pain – their vitality oozing – hopelessly […]
One Woman's Quest II 
there is something about an older truck that makes me happy………..i know this is weird but they always make me smile!
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VJ, I put my comment here to assure Wendi her sentiment is not weird. People that own trucks tend to take care of them and they last. They may be mud stained and weathered, but the engine runs better than the outside looks. To me, what you said is a good metaphor. Keith
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I LOVE this Keith, thank you so much for taking time to comment because I have never understood my true deep love for old trucks! 🙂 I hope your day is bless Keith!
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Wendi, VJ, it may not just be trucks. I had a coffee with an old friend and was asking him about a seventeen-year old Volvo he had about ten years ago. Guess what? He still has it. Keith
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Maybe it’s that it hung in there so long…like us (well me, anyway)….lol
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maybe that is it VJ! 🙂 🙂 I hope to own an old truck someday…….
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I’m particuarly drawn to the second photo. That landscape has stories to tell.
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Doesn’t it! Thanks Liz.
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You’re welcome, VJ.
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