There it is again
A blank, and very white page
Staring at me
or am I staring at it.
Willing brilliant thoughts
~ any thoughts ~
to appear and make sense.
If I had been trying to compose on paper,
my waste basket would be overflowing
with crumpled lines of drivel.
(The delete button has replaced
the satisfying crunch of paper.)
“If I waited for perfection, I would never write a word.”
~ Margaret Atwood
Thoughts
Dry and dusty
Glued together
Desiccated
Debris
Like windblown flowers.
“We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.”
~ Thomas Fuller
(1608 ~ 1661)
Taking steps
blindfolded
to a dark horizon
cautious
each word counted
in blocks and minutes
lifting the blindfold only
to read the next sentence
shape it with meaning
knowing each step taken
gets through to the end.
“This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard
and you put one word after another until its done.
It’s that easy, and that hard.
~ Neil Gaiman, author
Earthly beings in
forest, mountain and plain.
tied up in a world burning
with fire and with hate,
yet with each new offspring
there is hope
bringing new growth
before the chaos is stilled.
Sinking into despair binds us
without preparing you or me
to be as tender leaves in spring
for we all still live each day.
Though many branches
may be burned or lost,
the spark of life and kindness
lives on in our roots.
It is with humility that
I share these words
from my cocoon
far from the chaos.
“Perhaps it is controlling the chaos within more than the chaos without.”
~ Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus
Tasting only the pain of the world,
I had to step away. It hurt too much
and I could do nothing about it.
Tasting only the joy of the world,
I could barely find it!
Until I went for a walk and
saw the precious little toes of a baby,
heard the laughter of children at recess,
saw amazing colourful city art on buildings and fences.
It is too easy to see
pain, violence and a crumbling world.
It may crumble at some time ~
maybe tomorrow, maybe never ~
but until it does,
I will work with my own world and be grateful.
I will help those I can, and be grateful for life.
“We need joy as we need air,
We need love as we need water.
We need each other as
we need the earth we share.”
~ Maya Angelou
the goodness of humanity
steadies against the absurdity
of recent global events.
“Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from
the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.”
~ Samuel Johnson, The Rambler
Need for something is like
a hungry bird on your shoulder.
It does not want for anything
~ only a few grains to eat,
while I sit here wanting
the furniture to be different.
Need for something is also
sunshine on my face,
wind in my hair,
sharing beauty, voice and kindness
I will not die or turn green without
those simple things, but my insides
will shrivel until I become that hungry bird.
“Here’s to the moment when you realize
the simple things are wonderful and enough.”
~ Jill Badonsky, The Awe-manac: A Daily Dose of Wonder
