One Woman's Quest II

Navigating life through grandparenthood, chronic illness, dream work, and other inspirations

CFFC: Columns and Vertical Lines

June 13, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Arizona State University aiming skyward: Totem pole in Sydney, BC: San Antonio – look out below! (Photos in response to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Columns and Vertical Lines.)

Dialoguing With Other

I offer Rage a chairinvite a conversation She rants about childhoodand neglect, powerlessnessin the face of abuse And I nod and remember,suggest she’s also feeling grief And she talks about cryingalone, no one caring, and howI don’t let her cry anymore I put up walls, I agree,and ask how I can help Stop leaving me […]

Night Porter

Wee rowan laddrums me into nighta fabled rhythmconjuring mysticaloneiric encounters There is freedomin dreamingslipping ego’s holdsoul taking flight There is sorrow toofor when the drummer’ssong is donemorning must come. (Tuesdays I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson. Image my own.)

Re-Cycling

Age, a rocky torbegs attitudinal shiftmore wonderthan fortitude Cyclical, actuallywisdom allottingchildish valoura dash of mellow. (For RDP’s prompt: mellow. Image my own.)