Expectations artificialliving in an urban junglelonging for nature’s calm – time moves too swiftlybarely registerlet alone participate We are guests in our ownexpectation’s dysfunctionlicensed for depression a smorgasbord for abuseintentions mislaid,disappointment unavoidable The ego pretends to be openbut she’s an actress off cueplaying out a sentence – condemned to basicspraying to escapethis dystopian malfunction. (Image […]
Water mimics sky,withholds resplendent blue,dons grey overcoat. (Image my own, created from a photograph)
(Art my own. The drawing and the poem were in response to a documentary featuring a mother’s loss of her child by suicide. Please listen with care.) Sorrow lines her edgesin blue-hued shadowsgrief’s moss overpowering light Lines etched erasableshe is fragmented, hauntedpain a persistent noose She will rally to find orderlend her voice to causespeak […]
One Woman's Quest II 
True!
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Thanks!
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I absolutely agree. What isn’t clear (to me) is how to set those boundaries OR how to set them without guilt. Always a challenge. (love how you framed this quote on what looks like a fence)
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Heather, I have that problem too. But I’m learning. Funny thing is that those who encounter our boundaries feel no guilt or anguish at all. Ugh.
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I’m learning too (although the learning curve is longer than I’d like!). It does feel one sided…I agree. 🙂 Andrea
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I feel like growing up we were discouraged from having boundaries, as if caring for self was a sleight to others.
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Amen!
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VJ, very interesting assertion. I like how you framed this. Keith
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Thanks Keith
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Most of my challenges are self-induced!
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Lol! What that is true!
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Amen!
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😊
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Oh yeah! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
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😊
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