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)
Photo of a deer from the side was an unusual pose to see.
Also, I love the bird photo. Feels like you can reach out and touch the softness.
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Thanks Sara
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Fabulous shots!
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Thanks 🙏
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Most welcome!
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These are wonderful.
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Thanks
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You’re welcome. 🙂
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The close ups really give us more of a sense that birds are thinking creatures.
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Oh, I think they are!
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These are incredible! 🙂 ❤
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Thanks 😊
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VJ, I love the little drip of water you captured on the beak. It looks like one drop had just hit the water. Keith
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Thanks Keith
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It looks like you were able to capture a drop of water from the swan’s beak just as it was hitting the water?
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Yes. Lucky shot.
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Call it skill. 😉
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