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 
Beauty can even be found in the gray! 🙂 ❤
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Some days that’s true. Thanks Deborah.
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🙂 ❤ !
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Still snowing on your side?
Your capture is giving me chills as warm weather is already heating up things in my town.
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I’ll be right over, Hammad, lol. We’ve got a stretch to go before this white stuff leaves.
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The grey is rather bleak, but it doesn’t last forever, thank goodness!
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Yes. Thank goodness indeed.
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We were all snowy gray on Friday, but the sun came out yesterday. I hope it will come out for you today!
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Actually, it seems to be lightening up a bit.
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That’s encouraging!
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VJ, I am wishing for George Harrison’s song “Here comes the sun.” Sunshine is so therapeutic. Keith
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That’s a great song to kick start my day with, thanks!
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Aw…it won’t last forever 😊
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I know.. just losing patience, lol.
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😊
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