A Pivotal Moment

In Response To:

Ragtag Daily Prompt – Slumber

Word Of The Day Challenge – Meagre/Meager

V.J.’s Weekly Challenge – Waves – Please join me this week in contemplating waves.  To participate, create a post and link back here, or drop a comment below. Photos, art, writing, or music are all welcome.

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #174 – There is no restriction on length or format of the piece.  The format can be fiction, poetry, art, photography, anecdotes, biographical sketches or anything that you can invent.

A meager slumber

toils the mind from

too many thoughts

clamped tightly within

speech becomes muted

unable to release thoughts

left in the unknown

with unanswered questions

awaiting Wisdom’s whisper

of guidance…

a pivotal moment

do I ride the waves on

Patience’s surfboard

– OR –

let these thoughts become

tsunamis that drown me…

in this moment I choose 

Patience inspired by 

lessons learned from

past tsunamis – 

all questions will be answered and

all things will work out for the good

– IN –

God’s perfect timing!

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Image credit: @avogado6 on Twitter

Wisdom Gained

In Response To:

Ragtag Daily Prompt – RDP Thursday – Tiptoe

Word Of The Day Challenge – Gloomy

V.J.’s Weekly Challenge – Repercussions 

Sadje’s What Do You See #67 – Photo prompt

When my heart becomes

gloomy

my first instinct is to 

tiptoe

around the issue and 

pretend

that all is a well and good

facade

but I have painfully learned the

repercussions

of avoidance the darkness shall

reign

leaving my heart 

imprisoned

unable to walk into the

Light

if I do not embrace it in

Love

that turns the darkness into

Sunshine

and repetitive foolish choices into 

Wisdom

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The Unspoken Pull

In Response To:

V.J.’s Weekly Challenge – What Pulls At Your Soul? 

After all is done

after all is quiet

the volume turns up

on my soul’s longings

I hear its cry of 

desolation

an unspoken ache

to be loved, even

if its only by 

one person–it would

be enough–a soulmate, friend

a desperate desire for

my soul to become

hallowed ground where the

 Wild Iris

can grow eternal

vibrant beauty that 

others will desire to

know and love…

It’s been a lifetime’s longing

and I only have one third

of a life’s time left

My soul’s pull cries out;

“Will I ever know this

before I leave this world?”

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Photo Courtesy of Pinterest

A Promise To Trust

In Response To:

Eugi’s Causerie I Weekly Prompt – Transition – August 24, 2020.  Go where the prompt leads you and publish a post on your own blog that responds to the prompt. It can be any variation of the prompt and/or image. Please keep it family friendly. Prompts close 7 days from the close of my post.

V.J’s Weekly Challenge #110 – Smell – What is your relationship to smell? (Don’t tell me you didn’t know this was coming, lol.).  Look forward to reading your responses. Just create a post and link back here. All welcome.

Madness of nation’s darkness

moments of light

few and far between

soul’s embitterment

taste intolerable

attempting to recall

memories of sweet

failure brings surrender

powerlessness cloaks eyes

exhale…inhale…

smell transition’s aroma

just as nature’s 

change of season

a promise to trust

good shall rise up and

shine like Autumn’s brilliance

laying to rest 

death’s shadows

upon humanity.

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Photo Courtesy of Pinterest

 

Soul’s Palate

I have written a Japanese poetry form called Kouta Poem (version 2): quatrain with the following syllable count: 7775.  No other rules regarding rhymes, seasonal words, subject matter, etc.  For more information see:  Writer’s Digest.

In Response To:

V.J’s Weekly Challenge #108 – Taste – Taste is the focus this week. As you might have guessed, I am tugging at our sensory experience with these current challenges, although the word ‘taste’ has other connotations.  Look forward to your responses. Anyone can join in, and all forms of creativity are welcome.

a taste from flavors of past

sometimes embittered with pain

or soothing comfort of love

blessings to savor

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Photo Courtesy of Pinterest

 

Hearth’s Footprints

In Response To:

Eugi’s Causerie Weekly Prompt – “August” – August 3, 2020 – Go where the prompt leads you and publish a post on your own blog that responds to the prompt. It can be any variation of the prompt word and/or images, music, etc. Please keep it family friendly. Prompts close 7 days from the close of my post.

V.J’s Weekly Challenge #107 – “listen” – This week, let’s focus on the art of listening.  

Tis August’s arrival

quiet moments

soul stills and

listens…

as Summer begins

to say her good-byes

stepping stones of

Autumn’s whispers

can be heard as

its footprints reveal

the coming brilliance

igniting soul’s hearth

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Photo Courtesy of Pinterest

 

A Greater Love

In Response To:

Eugi’s Weekly Prompt – Enlighten – March 30, 2020 – Go where the prompt leads you and publish a post on your own blog that responds to the prompt. It can be words and/or images. Please keep it family friendly. Prompts close 7 days from the close of my post.

V.J.’s Weekly Challenge – #90: Contribution – To participate, create a post on your site, and then drop a link in the comments, or highlight the address to this post and create a link back. Photos, poetry, prose, or any other creative expression is welcome!

The beauty of newly 

blossomed flowers

cleansing and refreshment 

of a Spring rain

warmth of the Sun’s shine

all these things

Grace brings to us

a contribution of Hope

to enlighten our souls

in this season of 

strengthening our faith

to see Light meeting us

where we are at in

times of uncertainty

a Comfort that reassures and

reminds us that we are 

never alone despite the 

outer circumstances of our lives

that may make us feel

and think that we are

Courage to see beyond 

fear, chaos and unsettlement 

to the Peace of knowing 

we are cared for by a

Greater Love that never 

fails nor forsakes us 

even when we forsake that

Greater Love.

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Photo Courtesy of Pinterest

 

Peace Of Mind

In Response To:

Eugi’s Causerie Weekly Prompt – Glorious – March 16, 2020 – Go where the prompt leads you and publish a post on your own blog that responds to the prompt. It can be words and/or images. Please keep it family friendly. Prompts close 7 days from the close of my post.

V.J.’s Weekly Challenge – #88:  Domino Effect – Thoughts? Examples? Interpretations?  All are welcome. Create a post on your own site and link back here. Or drop a comment below.

Blossoms unfold

their glorious beauty

creating a domino effect

of joy upon hearts

the view is clear

waters are gentle, calm

absent is fear

the Sun shines healing

ease of breathing

heart beats in rhythm

upward is Soul’s gaze

leaving behind

the world’s craze

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Photo Courtesy of Pinterest

 

A Torrent’s Love

In Response To:

Eugi’s Weekly Prompt – Winsome March 2, 2020 – Go where the prompt leads you and publish a post on your own blog that responds to the prompt. It can be words and/or images. Please keep it family friendly. Prompts close 7 days from the close of my post.

V.J.’s Weekly Challenge– #86 Cliche – To participate, create a post on your own site and pingback here or drop a link in the comments.  Look forward to your responses.

Sue Vincent’s Thursday Photo Prompt – Torrent #writephoto – Use the image below as inspiration to create a post on your own blog… poetry, prose, humour… light or dark, whatever you choose, as long as it is fairly family-friendly.

A torrent came upon this soul

from whence I knew naught

it was not winsome nor was it cliche

this torrent tumbled me and dropped 

me over the edge beyond depths

of waters I had seen before…

It was different, it was new

scary, yet exhilarating…testing my

trust to go beyond myself and 

surrender to the Power that metamorphose

in unknown ways higher, greater than

what the human mind could ever conceive

a truly transformative gift of Love!

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Rare Jewel

In Response To:

V.J.’s Weekly Challenge #81 – Regulars – There is a kind of comfort in the familiarity of regulars.  To participate, create a post on your own site and link back here or drop a link to your post in the comments. All are welcome. This challenge lends itself to photography, writing, or music.

Crimson’s Creative Challenge #64 – Every Wednesday I post a photo.  You respond with something CREATIVE.

Each week the Elders

gather together as a symbol

of trust for the townspeople

a tradition that has been

carried on for over a century

giving strength to this town

hope to the people that they

have always been able to 

rely on and come together

as a whole to weather life

and not lose their integrity

through division by pride

instead remain a humble town

that does more than just survive

they continue to flourish

a priceless and rare jewel

in this world’s scarcity of humility.

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