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)
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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