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 
I think there’s a seagull in my neighborhood as well because I often hear it over once a day, though I haven’t seen it yet.
Thank you very much for sharing these amazing captures with my challenge 🙂
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Always a pleasure. Thank you!
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what bird is that?
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They are seagulls.
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Such peaceful images. Beautiful.
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Thanks Heather!
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Welcome!
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I love these too! 🙂 ❤
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Thanks 😊
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I love these!!
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Thanks Liz.
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You’re welcome, VJ.
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