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)
These bones, they saywill finish me – too brittleto withstand the race But I am Willowrecollection wispymy dance defiant Porous as a sea spongesoaking up each daymettle despite the rattle (Tuesdays I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson. Image my own.)
One Woman's Quest II 
I also fell in love with Hoo Gnu. And you are fortunate to see Redpolls regularly in your neck of the woods, they only rarely show up in Colorado.
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Last year was the first time I saw them. Or at least, the first time I noticed. Thanks Tanja.
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Ah … Hoo Gnu and Sven 😍
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love your pairings, VJ!
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Thanks 🙏
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Oh i really like your matching for this week. 😀 😀
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Thanks 😊
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Adorable! 🙂 ❤
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😊
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Your “stuffies” are so cute!
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Lol. Life needs mascots.
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I’d go with Winnie the Pooh–if he would grant me the honor.
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