tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36592634934253300782024-03-17T23:03:59.147-04:00Kestril's Rhythms and GrooveFeaturing poetic beats, lyrical storytelling, and other assorted jazz.Rommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.comBlogger519125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3659263493425330078.post-8665888724620888392024-03-09T09:51:00.000-05:002024-03-09T09:51:21.740-05:00Libra MoonThe Libra moon doesn’t know her own strength <br /><br />—the gravitational pull of her sideways smile<br />drawing in strange and unasked for tides.<br />But she will always shine for herself first. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wPaXpjIrxMBD-TYgG0bmwLLo_vt8B_lsBtdJd5UraXnPzIqYf8DHScFvZeWlDFSIfNrjaAthqJFlb0I-lKAjtfVa7DsJLPB5puNTgvozD4TpaT2_feVZPlH2wan3Sh9PHBvkzES_rFyHUFFiWa7QBKHuMExuslGWNICt3cn5rXqwEoiOvF6jXV_yHUM/s3648/kylefromthenorth-GUddL1Nyl_U-unsplash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2432" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wPaXpjIrxMBD-TYgG0bmwLLo_vt8B_lsBtdJd5UraXnPzIqYf8DHScFvZeWlDFSIfNrjaAthqJFlb0I-lKAjtfVa7DsJLPB5puNTgvozD4TpaT2_feVZPlH2wan3Sh9PHBvkzES_rFyHUFFiWa7QBKHuMExuslGWNICt3cn5rXqwEoiOvF6jXV_yHUM/s320/kylefromthenorth-GUddL1Nyl_U-unsplash.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@kylefrederick10?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash" target="_blank">kylefromthenorth</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/blue-and-white-clouds-during-daytime-GUddL1Nyl_U?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash" target="_blank">Unsplash</a></span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Song Choice: </b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9OvgrxaPKU" target="_blank">Ex's and Oh's by Elle King</a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Liner Notes For This Groove:</b> This poem is linked to Poets and Storytellers United's <a href="https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/2024/03/friday-writings-117-sensual-clothing.html" target="_blank">Friday Writing</a>.</div>Rommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3659263493425330078.post-39843278742694254852024-02-08T07:20:00.001-05:002024-02-08T08:00:46.883-05:00An Unburied BreathAn unburied breath<br />can remember its own name<br />even in the witching hour.<br />Dreams of my youth startle me<br />by how bright and close they seem. <div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJiE6i2r6g1fkZMq2zTScKeahJcmf6xVVd-AD5eorRoydCf0nUwXudVBsNmc9HQkvAkvd6dQOTZ_LqzmoH7U1stNe_ZBCoJWApHDYxoDLNPD-MQOntcugrivFa6gplpcSySw4faw6W_Wmy6YO8zYLtVhVfLI8CwFdebz4KqixrOmUK1GBK3_-WEgIl6HI/s3016/egor-vikhrev-olyI4zK0WFk-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3016" data-original-width="1697" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJiE6i2r6g1fkZMq2zTScKeahJcmf6xVVd-AD5eorRoydCf0nUwXudVBsNmc9HQkvAkvd6dQOTZ_LqzmoH7U1stNe_ZBCoJWApHDYxoDLNPD-MQOntcugrivFa6gplpcSySw4faw6W_Wmy6YO8zYLtVhVfLI8CwFdebz4KqixrOmUK1GBK3_-WEgIl6HI/s1600/egor-vikhrev-olyI4zK0WFk-unsplash.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@egor_vikhrev?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash" target="_blank">Egor Vikhrev</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/man-in-black-and-red-suit-in-water-olyI4zK0WFk?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash" target="_blank">Unsplash</a></span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Song Choice:</b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d58VJ-sC1uY" target="_blank">Breath of Life by Florence and the Machine</a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Liner Notes for this Groove:</b> This poem is linked to Poets and Storytellers United's <a href="https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Friday Writings</a>, Modern Marvels. The modern invention I'm most grateful for is my new C-PAP machine. Best sleep I've had in ages!</div>Rommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3659263493425330078.post-29729143781835084592024-01-17T07:40:00.001-05:002024-01-19T09:30:04.769-05:00New Year's WishMy wish for you— <br /><br />Hope as sharp as lion’s teeth <br />devouring all the concrete that buries you <br />until you can <br /><br />unfurl yourself under the encouraging sun <br />and make your own wishes <br />fly far and wide. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAm6e8t_r4f9Sd8wBs6N2yFOTGmWVRLUFT0ynypgWJ1Oh55karB4-iZVThMqA1dfQX0-4RMgnftexS5pcSW5VE27R1vF-VVUQlhT-__9L85mxDfJf31P5WZlHLv_GRCI9ffGkJ_Ac3jw0ilVA20cHtO72SrTBJdLuyOoc__ZCCQsXFSq_4funJB-9G4VY/s3067/hasan-almasi-T_8JvwUkbIM-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3067" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAm6e8t_r4f9Sd8wBs6N2yFOTGmWVRLUFT0ynypgWJ1Oh55karB4-iZVThMqA1dfQX0-4RMgnftexS5pcSW5VE27R1vF-VVUQlhT-__9L85mxDfJf31P5WZlHLv_GRCI9ffGkJ_Ac3jw0ilVA20cHtO72SrTBJdLuyOoc__ZCCQsXFSq_4funJB-9G4VY/s1600/hasan-almasi-T_8JvwUkbIM-unsplash.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@hasanalmasi?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash" target="_blank">Hasan Almasi</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/white-and-brown-floral-textile-T_8JvwUkbIM?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash" target="_blank">Unsplash</a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b>Song Choice:</b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_PJUCw4ggU" target="_blank">Hey Jude covered by Infinity Song</a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Liner Notes for this Groove:</b> This song is linked to Poets and Storyteller United's Friday Writing Prompt, Fascinating. I'm not sure how obscure this fact really is, but it always tickled me that the word dandelion originates from Latin meaning "lion's teeth".<br /><div><br /></div></div>Rommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3659263493425330078.post-59618186612281392532023-12-21T13:46:00.001-05:002023-12-21T13:53:16.340-05:00Solstice 2023I greeted the Sun empty-handed<br />worn out from too long nights<br />spent counting out collected griefs<br />from near and far.<br /><br />The Sun gave me Her gift<div><br />of the light I could not hide from<br />illuminating who I was<br />and asking what I wanted to be<br />the morning that light came back </div><div>into the world.<div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVpd3nrVRizfHcSkG2p4elAhT4pYmkIbSqCmeGrfA86uZHWw-39ztRRTCuJ_oArCIQ9TUe4Y6QW-vwf9dw0u1X1gYBQpxUIfN0SDBLz80cl4HSlSBMY3WTmOqfSXvWTXi4H-cE0d_Ol7ZD3yvCY9RHugHx5i3p2R-sqz5qu6Rbr7Q2Rub_SYVI8nqjC3w/s5184/ivana-cajina-dQejX2ucPBs-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVpd3nrVRizfHcSkG2p4elAhT4pYmkIbSqCmeGrfA86uZHWw-39ztRRTCuJ_oArCIQ9TUe4Y6QW-vwf9dw0u1X1gYBQpxUIfN0SDBLz80cl4HSlSBMY3WTmOqfSXvWTXi4H-cE0d_Ol7ZD3yvCY9RHugHx5i3p2R-sqz5qu6Rbr7Q2Rub_SYVI8nqjC3w/s1600/ivana-cajina-dQejX2ucPBs-unsplash.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@von_co?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash" target="_blank">Ivana Cajina</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/silhoutte-of-mountains-during-sunset-dQejX2ucPBs?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash" target="_blank">Unsplash</a></i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Song Choice:</b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRuWGBoky_0" target="_blank">Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me cover by Roger Daltrey</a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Liner Notes for this Groove: </b>This poem is linked to Poets and Storytellers United<a href="https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> Friday Writings.</a> </div>Rommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3659263493425330078.post-32396845828209246482023-11-23T11:45:00.000-05:002023-11-23T11:45:12.527-05:00To Heal this Broken World<p>If my words cannot hold water <br />let them at least not act as tinder <br />for those eager to stoke the flames.<br /><br />If I am struck silent<br />at the scope of the horror,<br />let my eyes at least be<br />brave enough to not look away. <br /><br />If I can remember<br />only one thing, let it be<br />that every needless death diminishes us all. <br /><br />The ability to kindle compassion <br />is the only superpower <br />that can heal this broken world. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAZNkR_SReXfjfIb5sB-8h4t5Y_LWmB07z9ulixDcQ7nIJL4aHVs_z6X8UIhHRw1MOZMTT-mIKiP-kKvRKPf6IUFDT2tfrOCrrM9AT8CcsJpVaCpam51J-_6-e4VVn6U2VGrCKsr0Jo28GJVZPKhcEAKwzo4tiYUqwZsK1BeabWbw2sg0bId7vlU3PD6g/s4180/nowshad-arefin-EvdYEGDu_CQ-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2352" data-original-width="4180" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAZNkR_SReXfjfIb5sB-8h4t5Y_LWmB07z9ulixDcQ7nIJL4aHVs_z6X8UIhHRw1MOZMTT-mIKiP-kKvRKPf6IUFDT2tfrOCrrM9AT8CcsJpVaCpam51J-_6-e4VVn6U2VGrCKsr0Jo28GJVZPKhcEAKwzo4tiYUqwZsK1BeabWbw2sg0bId7vlU3PD6g/s1600/nowshad-arefin-EvdYEGDu_CQ-unsplash.jpg" width="320" /></span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@noshadtakes?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash" target="_blank">Nowshad Arefin</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/white-dove-EvdYEGDu_CQ?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash" target="_blank">Unsplash</a></span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Song Choice: </b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dKk1bIn8aU" target="_blank">Won't Give Up by Pattie Gonia, featuring Yo-Yo Ma and Quin Christopherson</a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Liner Notes for This Groove:</b> This poem is linked to the Friday Writings Prompt at <a href="https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Poets and Storytellers United.</a></div><div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Rommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3659263493425330078.post-45714334829168975152023-10-05T20:54:00.000-04:002023-10-05T20:54:44.240-04:00Proto-Mouse (In the Last Days of the Dinosaurs)I did not witness the first strike<br />but I had already seen the signs <br />that came even before the ill-omened moon<br />and understood the end was near.<br /><br />I did not have to measure<br />those deep and ancient fault lines<br />to be wary of the poison I could smell inside them<br />well before I scampered too near. <br /><br />The impact ignited the built-up gas<br />devouring any possibility<br />of sound over the screaming flames. <br /><br />And it took no great cunning<br />to know this poisoned air<br />would burn down all of the history <div>of a once lush era. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vQboq_RP-KHtYIDiU3kglzSdpgxeLc-M8tLQxJz5ltqx1G0PUk-9nXer2wJ5vPI_kANZPEoNJ5bsyiJbnXSlsh6TjXuL8NpikgKz53oZX9rnj_EnutyiZfOTLo7xoF4L0kaj0SwBQHiNJ3viW4RL9TUt9K8nURMhSFf1AqW85mf4X2Zm6-uK6IgkF1k/s5997/jon-butterworth-_BJVJ4WcV1M-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="5997" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vQboq_RP-KHtYIDiU3kglzSdpgxeLc-M8tLQxJz5ltqx1G0PUk-9nXer2wJ5vPI_kANZPEoNJ5bsyiJbnXSlsh6TjXuL8NpikgKz53oZX9rnj_EnutyiZfOTLo7xoF4L0kaj0SwBQHiNJ3viW4RL9TUt9K8nURMhSFf1AqW85mf4X2Zm6-uK6IgkF1k/s1600/jon-butterworth-_BJVJ4WcV1M-unsplash.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@jonjons?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash" target="_blank">Jon Butterworth</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/_BJVJ4WcV1M?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash" target="_blank">Unsplash</a></span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Song Choice:</b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSQWUZ8a2Ho" target="_blank">Dancing with Tears in My Eyes by Ultravox</a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Liner Notes for This Groove: </b>This poem is linked to Poets and Storytellers United's<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSQWUZ8a2Ho" target="_blank"> Friday Writings</a>.</div>Rommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3659263493425330078.post-64235488473093278982023-09-14T20:22:00.001-04:002023-09-14T20:44:37.803-04:00Eclipse WarningMy anger is a fast-moving planet.<br />But when it eclipses fear,<br />whole worlds can be re-ordered. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0_GhxHnBicjvduT56flmbQcoa6J4DlGn-xTsoGURO9WOaWGJoYHvbuNAI-blS_3Gz9aKv_KeVgJIWK3Lo0JX6Z3MykU04ZQoPWgeYugPZ_7jgMLuGJ411bpmRlX9nyR9rviiqrNaZajkS6sOWuu6AzTRHcQJbt5BsAjAjCcXi5SsNshgcCB14oNNt33g/s2761/jongsun-lee-F-pSZO_jeE8-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="2761" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0_GhxHnBicjvduT56flmbQcoa6J4DlGn-xTsoGURO9WOaWGJoYHvbuNAI-blS_3Gz9aKv_KeVgJIWK3Lo0JX6Z3MykU04ZQoPWgeYugPZ_7jgMLuGJ411bpmRlX9nyR9rviiqrNaZajkS6sOWuu6AzTRHcQJbt5BsAjAjCcXi5SsNshgcCB14oNNt33g/s1600/jongsun-lee-F-pSZO_jeE8-unsplash.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@sarahleejs?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" target="_blank">Jongsun Lee</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/F-pSZO_jeE8?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" target="_blank">Unsplash</a></span></i></div><br /><div><b>Song Choice:</b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfmYCM4CS8o" target="_blank">Blaze of Glory by Bon Jovi</a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Liner Notes for this Groove:</b> This poem is linked to Poets and Storyteller United's <a href="https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Friday Writings Post.</a></div>Rommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3659263493425330078.post-88411332234244777762023-08-03T19:52:00.000-04:002023-08-03T19:52:00.897-04:00Heavy Hearted<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW240414045 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space-collapse: preserve;" xml:lang="EN-US">I have to kiss the world</span><span class="EOP SCXW240414045 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></span></p><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW240414045 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW240414045 BCX0" paraeid="{c41c283d-f11d-4f30-9cab-63a7f2d48fae}{177}" paraid="243452315" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW240414045 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">twice as hard now.</span><span class="EOP SCXW240414045 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW240414045 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW240414045 BCX0" paraeid="{c41c283d-f11d-4f30-9cab-63a7f2d48fae}{183}" paraid="441384771" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW240414045 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">I have to feel the weight</span><span class="EOP SCXW240414045 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW240414045 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW240414045 BCX0" paraeid="{c41c283d-f11d-4f30-9cab-63a7f2d48fae}{189}" paraid="228068592" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW240414045 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">of each leg of every butterfly</span><span class="EOP SCXW240414045 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW240414045 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW240414045 BCX0" paraeid="{c41c283d-f11d-4f30-9cab-63a7f2d48fae}{195}" paraid="396182832" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW240414045 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">that chooses to alight on my skin.</span><span class="EOP SCXW240414045 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW240414045 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW240414045 BCX0" paraeid="{c41c283d-f11d-4f30-9cab-63a7f2d48fae}{201}" paraid="587083144" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW240414045 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240414045 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW240414045 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW240414045 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW240414045 BCX0" paraeid="{c41c283d-f11d-4f30-9cab-63a7f2d48fae}{205}" paraid="216695967" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW240414045 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">I have to drench myself</span><span class="EOP SCXW240414045 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW240414045 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW240414045 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{c5b9031e-733b-40b6-b079-96406c286d0a}{167}" paraid="417706379" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW240414045 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">in the feel of moss</span><span class="EOP SCXW240414045 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW240414045 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW240414045 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{d9f04b66-709e-407d-8c04-8e7c01605fed}{9}" paraid="1821234714" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW240414045 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">and twilight colors</span><span class="EOP SCXW240414045 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">over and over again</span><span class="EOP SCXW240414045 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW240414045 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW240414045 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{8cffa0b7-af4d-417a-8fc5-d1e48878f2f3}{152}" paraid="353872187" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW240414045 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240414045 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW240414045 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW240414045 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW240414045 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{8cffa0b7-af4d-417a-8fc5-d1e48878f2f3}{198}" paraid="683307631" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW240414045 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">to make my heart full and heavy</span><span class="EOP SCXW240414045 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW240414045 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW240414045 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{cd06c0c0-a974-48a0-b903-a556d3eaf959}{44}" paraid="578601426" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW240414045 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">with all the world’s subtle delights</span><span class="EOP SCXW240414045 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW240414045 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW240414045 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{b5ac16d7-a171-4b45-afe7-6f5b1db70dfe}{115}" paraid="886514999" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW240414045 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240414045 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">to </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240414045 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">outweigh</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW240414045 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> the grief it carries.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW240414045 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW240414045 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{b5ac16d7-a171-4b45-afe7-6f5b1db70dfe}{115}" paraid="886514999" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="EOP SCXW240414045 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW240414045 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{b5ac16d7-a171-4b45-afe7-6f5b1db70dfe}{115}" paraid="886514999" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="EOP SCXW240414045 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Song Choice: </b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w-bQaysbf0" target="_blank">Nature Boy covered by Aurora</a></span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW240414045 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{b5ac16d7-a171-4b45-afe7-6f5b1db70dfe}{115}" paraid="886514999" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><b>Liner Notes for This Groove: </b>This poem was created for the Friday Writing's Prompt at Poets and Storytellers United. It asked us to use a cliché in an unusual way. </span></p></div>Rommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3659263493425330078.post-80633509036518040632023-07-21T10:22:00.005-04:002023-07-21T10:22:54.763-04:00Pleasantly LazyThe pleasantly lazy feeling<br />of stretching wide<div>over not quite so crisp sheets</div><div><br /></div><div>and feeling the sun </div><div>gently tugging on my eyelashes,</div><div>completely unbothered</div><div>by thoughts</div><div>of what comes next.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1TOJ81p0mOw9jh4hQMJ6XXN2Sd3uEToVPOugPdI6rClxVugbP1TNbeLFS-xg9VO_dPLkKuIqJ6lJd7WlwV09G2LrpeJ8Vaf6WsVvOfBrNuwSa9h-xHtx5SJSVqfNmMwGAkpyHsw6KV_k1Tb26VnEtd2zR_FD5rpYVv8dvAeG_AT_cMzJcg3t_Y53SKrg/s6000/bruce-mars-wBuPCQiweuA-unsplash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4741" data-original-width="6000" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1TOJ81p0mOw9jh4hQMJ6XXN2Sd3uEToVPOugPdI6rClxVugbP1TNbeLFS-xg9VO_dPLkKuIqJ6lJd7WlwV09G2LrpeJ8Vaf6WsVvOfBrNuwSa9h-xHtx5SJSVqfNmMwGAkpyHsw6KV_k1Tb26VnEtd2zR_FD5rpYVv8dvAeG_AT_cMzJcg3t_Y53SKrg/s320/bruce-mars-wBuPCQiweuA-unsplash.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@brucemars?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" target="_blank">bruce mars</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/wBuPCQiweuA?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" target="_blank">Unsplash</a></span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Song Choice:</b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsWgUXs5TSw&t=50s" target="_blank">Sunshine by Gabrielle</a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Liner Notes for This Groove: </b>This poem was inspired by the Friday Writing's Prompt at Poets and Storytellers United, <a href="https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/2023/07/friday-writings-86-glimmers.html" target="_blank">Glimmers.</a></div>Rommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3659263493425330078.post-1412060402753942662023-06-26T13:26:00.023-04:002023-06-26T13:47:59.382-04:00Thoughts on Your BirthdayI wanted to tell you<br />how I fell in love again <br />with the sun on solstice morning. <br />Her warmth pulled me back <br />to myself and all the living <br />I have yet to do. <br /><br />I miss you most in these moments, <br />when I’d share <br />another ridiculous whimsy of mine <br />and you’d take it as seriously <br />as a selkie takes the ocean. <br /><br />Maybe this is why you called me Joy. <br /><div>That never made sense to me.</div><div>It wasn't as much joy as survival.<br /><br />I know the limits of my moth-eaten memory <br />and no matter what well-meaning people say <br />it isn’t the same as you still being alive at all, <br />not even a little.<br /><br />I am left making up stories instead <br />about the sun and the stars <div>caring enough to watch me<br /><br /></div><div>scavenge strands of joy<br />from the little moments of living,<br />in the hopes of weaving something beautiful <br />enough to honor who you were.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi636381rRjFAj27NsnSEwabEDSY8SMPbozUQq4IcZDpLT62T016WHGxiL9EVfICl55t-2LMHoWZ47t0NRyMDEM5kPsCJvoA4Ryj5RqKjBB5hwC7Fu19GWSPfroDP7rdrgUkus8UaNkNbCzq6YbWmJK2f4G9cgynzjFLfX9E2yJQuhyYOnIwCg4vrOv_qA/s1600/mqdefault.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="320" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi636381rRjFAj27NsnSEwabEDSY8SMPbozUQq4IcZDpLT62T016WHGxiL9EVfICl55t-2LMHoWZ47t0NRyMDEM5kPsCJvoA4Ryj5RqKjBB5hwC7Fu19GWSPfroDP7rdrgUkus8UaNkNbCzq6YbWmJK2f4G9cgynzjFLfX9E2yJQuhyYOnIwCg4vrOv_qA/s1600/mqdefault.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Image from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhF5Vb-OnbY" target="_blank">Anne with an E</a></i></div><br /><br /><br /><b>Song Choice:</b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfqwRqt0iOA" target="_blank">Welcome to the Black Parade covered by Halocene, Violet Orlandi, and Lauren Babic</a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><b>Liner Notes for this Groove:</b> Today is the birthday of a friend of mine who passed away. These were just thoughts I had about it. <br /><br /> </div></div>Rommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3659263493425330078.post-10156635485614537042023-06-01T15:46:00.001-04:002023-06-01T15:46:55.182-04:00Aiming Towards the Sun<p> Aiming towards the sun,</p><p>the hawk shows dedication.</p><p>Cultivating grace</p><p>in those who witness her flight.</p><p>She shows the path to follow.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdw7BzRxEPdJu9aqNqRWYaRRm3PRLjmpdddnwAYu9ZfetDZRXhQMuNYykItas65Wty3xTtBKbmpZPz07Bt_xjQYkNkdpKir2s-hVz7phx96iccEe7CenY3CYVdaURnAIf_2IO9b3WgloZXR0OMQ8OKG6UYkUWmwVwVQlmbshF929D7Rj93bAcebBBT/s4983/rachel-mcdermott-D17j_v2EDb0-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2707" data-original-width="4983" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdw7BzRxEPdJu9aqNqRWYaRRm3PRLjmpdddnwAYu9ZfetDZRXhQMuNYykItas65Wty3xTtBKbmpZPz07Bt_xjQYkNkdpKir2s-hVz7phx96iccEe7CenY3CYVdaURnAIf_2IO9b3WgloZXR0OMQ8OKG6UYkUWmwVwVQlmbshF929D7Rj93bAcebBBT/s1600/rachel-mcdermott-D17j_v2EDb0-unsplash.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/de/@mrsrachelmcdermott?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" target="_blank">Rachel McDermott</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/D17j_v2EDb0?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" target="_blank">Unsplash</a></span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Song Choice:</b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5BJXwNeKsQ" target="_blank">Learning to Fly by Tom Petty</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Liner Notes for This Groove: </b>This tanka was written in honor of a fellow student of Japanese tea ceremony. She recently got her tea name. What that means is that she has practiced tea for a long enough time at a high enough skill level that she earned a name that shows she is part of the Urasenke tea school lineage. My tea teacher told me that in older times tanka poetry was sometimes composed in honor of students who achieve a high level of proficiency. I decided to try my hand at it. She seemed quite pleasantly surprised at how well it turned out (she had no idea I wrote poetry at all).</div><div><br /></div><div>I am years (and years) away from earning my tea name, but I do hope that if I do earn one, it will be as lovely a celebration as we had for her.</div>Rommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3659263493425330078.post-44297236781011442332023-05-19T18:02:00.004-04:002023-05-19T18:02:51.952-04:00Blue Sky DreamsAll my blue sky dreams<br />surviving despite the rain<br />startle me. To think<br />I almost let them wither<br />fearing an endless winter.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5JEJ4eZ6waUcNSlM2TMY_Ky7KK96RY-qJYMOqWiWPLQDSFz1dlrIw1s5lp0w-WPw8WvGTD_qFxaeXy5gzy-k6zPbpsYRTVQjruPQRiG3ji_ThOTEnXKqIq8girT0fJgHMgARLP1dC5qw5BHym4GwxRR11bKcOaQI9U0AwIQRgdlVGYEuWy6RPTBLp/s3264/ritam-baishya-ROVBDer29PQ-unsplash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5JEJ4eZ6waUcNSlM2TMY_Ky7KK96RY-qJYMOqWiWPLQDSFz1dlrIw1s5lp0w-WPw8WvGTD_qFxaeXy5gzy-k6zPbpsYRTVQjruPQRiG3ji_ThOTEnXKqIq8girT0fJgHMgARLP1dC5qw5BHym4GwxRR11bKcOaQI9U0AwIQRgdlVGYEuWy6RPTBLp/s320/ritam-baishya-ROVBDer29PQ-unsplash.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@ritambaishya?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" target="_blank">Ritam Baishya</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/ROVBDer29PQ?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" target="_blank">Unsplash</a></i></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><b>Song Choice:</b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc7_1GAYNOw" target="_blank">Can You Feel a Brand New Day from the Wiz</a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Liner Notes for This Groove:</b> This song is linked to Poets and Storytellers United's <a href="https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/2023/05/friday-writings-77-dj-sucks.html" target="_blank">Friday Writings</a> prompt. LOL, I did not in fact follow my own prompt (this song is one of my favorites), but I did feel like celebrating hitting a milestone for a work in progress I had to be goaded into starting. Thank you Magaly, for kicking my butt to the 40,000 word mark. 😜</div></div>Rommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3659263493425330078.post-76312942896786433192023-04-28T06:58:00.006-04:002023-04-28T07:24:31.895-04:00My No Is. (I Am Just Like Everyone Else)My no is<br />both scythe and scalpel,<br />cutting away diseased and dead bits<br />to make room for healing and growth.<div><br /></div><div>My no is a sign</div><div>showing where respect ends</div><div>and disrespect starts, saying, </div><div>"Cross at your own risk."</div><div><br /></div><div>My no is a test</div><div>designed to offend only those</div><div>who think anything less than </div><div>my complete and uncomplaining compliance</div><div>challenges their self-worth.</div><div><br /></div><div>My no is not the reason </div><div>this bridge is burning.</div><div><br /></div><div>You brought the matches and the gasoline</div><div>only after I said, "Stop."</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Song Choice: </b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcIy9NiNbmo" target="_blank">Bad Blood by Taylor Swift</a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7GIKfpALnH3EGTlrzn2xkSWyXBSkGC2F065jjcGg7JmEJ_QHr3eRNA5Dqa3pBFQKA-3BH7jjgk9lO0sFIfA_PO_vGSKEaL_V0aOPxZqflV6ILXCytuzroByeuZXKpDrKBr4wNq6xxQSQ4zcN5_LI1Ahst0QXCz2pCLqGZym_EBdqORvfcgYm46u3x/s1125/161695496_879230486204929_8120440708687745144_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="823" data-original-width="1125" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7GIKfpALnH3EGTlrzn2xkSWyXBSkGC2F065jjcGg7JmEJ_QHr3eRNA5Dqa3pBFQKA-3BH7jjgk9lO0sFIfA_PO_vGSKEaL_V0aOPxZqflV6ILXCytuzroByeuZXKpDrKBr4wNq6xxQSQ4zcN5_LI1Ahst0QXCz2pCLqGZym_EBdqORvfcgYm46u3x/s320/161695496_879230486204929_8120440708687745144_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><b>Liner Notes for This Groove:</b> For my birthday, I decided to gift myself with setting a boundary that was long overdue. A friend had been taking advantage of my generosity for years, demanding I do a time intensive task for him regularly. Very recently he acted in a way that was highly disrespectful and minimizing of the work I did. I decided to tell him that I could no longer do it, and encouraged him to find someone with more <strike>patience</strike> time. <div><br /></div><div>I'd like to say I was surprised his response was to play the victim and end the friendship, but I long suspected I was only valued for what I could do. There is however a wonderful sense of relief I'm relishing. As I said, this happened on my birthday. And I was with family and friends who affirmed what good relationships look like (LOL, I owe a few of them a call back). </div><div><br /></div><div>As for the boundary breaker, I wish him well and hope he finds enough emotional maturity to honestly deal with why so many of his relationships go south. But he's not my problem anymore. Oh well, more cake for those I care about and those who care about me. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTiO-R4A-1VElrsmlXysDJCY9rLWFrQHPxdfok9KLH431OJIDgTJUiY3YccX9leuECBZMRT_im7C2riq-YlsaVMML4TNIyGZaPjaSHykoyRxhjTWWArYcZDGKEZ4DhxN0n7f6w75fBF13v5ec-LGDOeahQq1x2MCO07zV8ubK09yI_VgbvF8lT4fre/s742/memes-boundaries-ahseeit-toxic-people.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="742" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTiO-R4A-1VElrsmlXysDJCY9rLWFrQHPxdfok9KLH431OJIDgTJUiY3YccX9leuECBZMRT_im7C2riq-YlsaVMML4TNIyGZaPjaSHykoyRxhjTWWArYcZDGKEZ4DhxN0n7f6w75fBF13v5ec-LGDOeahQq1x2MCO07zV8ubK09yI_VgbvF8lT4fre/s320/memes-boundaries-ahseeit-toxic-people.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <br /><div><br /></div><div><p><br /></p></div></div>Rommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3659263493425330078.post-59583724039645349072023-04-13T17:46:00.001-04:002023-04-14T17:59:48.172-04:00Breathless<p>Some memories</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">are sharp enough to cut<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">off my breath,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">leaving me<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">gasping<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">like a fish<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">who just wants<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">her ocean<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">back.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYGqALr0KzlAWuu88gUvgXcpBQJZ78-dS7mi_jn-3mIFp3HCfSYe65JYa65gasuhh2CuxVfnd4h2gfFlMFxWWHodEPqGXhkMYBxMqy-AGTJC8nX_CSuPN_gfvKCzp_oxJCcIs9RPkYBc5mZqjgDZdvnZKkBudm1aezmoDHP12vKl4blLgx2tvhFp8L/s5640/joseph-barrientos-oQl0eVYd_n8-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3760" data-original-width="5640" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYGqALr0KzlAWuu88gUvgXcpBQJZ78-dS7mi_jn-3mIFp3HCfSYe65JYa65gasuhh2CuxVfnd4h2gfFlMFxWWHodEPqGXhkMYBxMqy-AGTJC8nX_CSuPN_gfvKCzp_oxJCcIs9RPkYBc5mZqjgDZdvnZKkBudm1aezmoDHP12vKl4blLgx2tvhFp8L/s1600/joseph-barrientos-oQl0eVYd_n8-unsplash.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@jbcreate_?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" target="_blank">Joseph Barrientos</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/wallpapers/nature/ocean?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" target="_blank">Unsplash</a></span></i></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Song Choice:</b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXWYOF0UhCk&t=7s" target="_blank">Breaking Down by Florence + the Machine</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Liner Notes for this Groove:</b> I know I'm getting serious about a new writing project when I start writing poetry in the voices of my characters. Rina has a some serious inner demons to face (and several fae beings are just complicating the situation). But I'm deep into the <strike>super ugly rough</strike> first draft and enjoying getting to know her world.</p><p class="MsoNormal">This poem is linked to Poets and Storytellers United's<a href="https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> Friday Writings</a> prompt, Writing About Writing.</p>Rommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3659263493425330078.post-18483601846027710162023-04-08T08:28:00.002-04:002023-04-08T09:08:46.486-04:00Grail QuestI have made a vow<br />to be a knight, brave and true.<br />And now all my vows<br />compel me towards the grail. <br /><br />I know there is no true healing<br />for some of the wounds I have taken.<br />There are things beyond<br />even the grail’s power.<br /><br />But that was never the point. <br /><br />The pain will not end<br />when I reach the grail.<br />But at least then I know<br />a new quest can begin. <br /><br />I am a knight, brave and true,<br />seeking both my reflection<br />in the water of the grail<br /><br /><div>and remembrance<br />of all the adventures <div>still left to find.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2q9YBiPSNpKP_06doKwVuIBd3-AfrbaolknNIvW1-lDpmLX2RYRdbCUK4bn1AjZXsKmMQV_wGjGE-xci0yzL-9aLLAyWdTrkG3LhLJh-7uOGkDjA7eXGv3cFUO5r2W-MGIrgY-2qv80gOvkk4uvn91z0s8k2tqe3fHDs2oBGAnyigAeCKp9xYjMx8/s4491/nik-shuliahin-JOzv_pAkcMk-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3071" data-original-width="4491" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2q9YBiPSNpKP_06doKwVuIBd3-AfrbaolknNIvW1-lDpmLX2RYRdbCUK4bn1AjZXsKmMQV_wGjGE-xci0yzL-9aLLAyWdTrkG3LhLJh-7uOGkDjA7eXGv3cFUO5r2W-MGIrgY-2qv80gOvkk4uvn91z0s8k2tqe3fHDs2oBGAnyigAeCKp9xYjMx8/s1600/nik-shuliahin-JOzv_pAkcMk-unsplash.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/it/@tjump?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Nik Shuliahin 💛💙</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/JOzv_pAkcMk?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></span></i></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><b>Song Choice:</b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s0jGhXl3OE" target="_blank">Man of La Mancha performed by Niizuma Seiko</a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Liner Notes for this Groove: </b>This poem is linked to Poets and Storytellers United's Friday Writings Prompt, <a href="https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/2023/04/friday-writings-71-small-victories.html" target="_blank">Small Victories.</a></div></div></div></div>Rommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3659263493425330078.post-27135394137046612832023-03-24T16:51:00.002-04:002023-03-25T09:16:28.383-04:00Shattered<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW128847347 BCX0" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US">The thing about grief</span><span class="EOP SCXW128847347 BCX0" color="windowtext" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></p><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW128847347 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW128847347 BCX0" paraeid="{6748738d-b1a8-4955-9ce9-2a6d3d8d3c97}{170}" paraid="774130723" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">is it’s more than the moment of impact.</span><span class="EOP SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW128847347 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW128847347 BCX0" paraeid="{6748738d-b1a8-4955-9ce9-2a6d3d8d3c97}{176}" paraid="462663044" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">It's also the shockwaves</span><span class="EOP SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW128847347 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW128847347 BCX0" paraeid="{6748738d-b1a8-4955-9ce9-2a6d3d8d3c97}{182}" paraid="1226596083" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">after the asteroid hits your world.</span><span class="EOP SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW128847347 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW128847347 BCX0" paraeid="{6748738d-b1a8-4955-9ce9-2a6d3d8d3c97}{188}" paraid="245021973" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW128847347 BCX0" paraeid="{6748738d-b1a8-4955-9ce9-2a6d3d8d3c97}{192}" paraid="1284115910" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">It’s the cracking </span><span class="EOP SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW128847347 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW128847347 BCX0" paraeid="{6748738d-b1a8-4955-9ce9-2a6d3d8d3c97}{198}" paraid="17749810" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">along the fault lines</span><span class="EOP SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW128847347 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW128847347 BCX0" paraeid="{6748738d-b1a8-4955-9ce9-2a6d3d8d3c97}{204}" paraid="1117798748" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">breaking apart continents.</span><span class="EOP SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW128847347 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW128847347 BCX0" paraeid="{6748738d-b1a8-4955-9ce9-2a6d3d8d3c97}{210}" paraid="1557336513" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">It’s respecting the rage of the underground rivers</span><span class="EOP SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">racing madly where you hoped</span><span class="EOP SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW128847347 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW128847347 BCX0" paraeid="{6748738d-b1a8-4955-9ce9-2a6d3d8d3c97}{222}" paraid="1286165321" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">there might be gold, or at least iron</span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW128847347 BCX0" paraeid="{6748738d-b1a8-4955-9ce9-2a6d3d8d3c97}{222}" paraid="1286165321" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">enough to try to make steel.</span><span class="EOP SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW128847347 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW128847347 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW128847347 BCX0" paraeid="{6748738d-b1a8-4955-9ce9-2a6d3d8d3c97}{232}" paraid="187130429" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">It’s the near drowning</span><span class="EOP SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW128847347 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW128847347 BCX0" paraeid="{6748738d-b1a8-4955-9ce9-2a6d3d8d3c97}{238}" paraid="1003282639" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">in dozens of deep wells of resentment</span><span class="EOP SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW128847347 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW128847347 BCX0" paraeid="{6748738d-b1a8-4955-9ce9-2a6d3d8d3c97}{244}" paraid="9923203" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">before you find any sign</span><span class="EOP SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW128847347 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW128847347 BCX0" paraeid="{6748738d-b1a8-4955-9ce9-2a6d3d8d3c97}{250}" paraid="1961637191" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">of a reservoir of grace.</span><span class="EOP SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW128847347 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW128847347 BCX0" paraeid="{f14cf9b4-683c-4623-a46e-92c61b41c395}{1}" paraid="1249464865" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW128847347 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW128847347 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW128847347 BCX0" paraeid="{f14cf9b4-683c-4623-a46e-92c61b41c395}{5}" paraid="1503425437" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">It’s the exhaustion</span><span class="EOP SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW128847347 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW128847347 BCX0" paraeid="{f14cf9b4-683c-4623-a46e-92c61b41c395}{11}" paraid="567555174" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">in the mental cyclones </span><span class="EOP SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW128847347 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW128847347 BCX0" paraeid="{f14cf9b4-683c-4623-a46e-92c61b41c395}{17}" paraid="1637860187" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">of forgetting and remembering,</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW128847347 BCX0" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW128847347 BCX0" paraeid="{f14cf9b4-683c-4623-a46e-92c61b41c395}{17}" paraid="1637860187" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="TextRun SCXW128847347 BCX0" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">wondering which is more painful.</span><span class="EOP SCXW128847347 BCX0" color="windowtext" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW128847347 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW128847347 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{7d7b82f5-84e3-4037-82d7-0382770350b7}{12}" paraid="600411394" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW128847347 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW128847347 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW128847347 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{7d7b82f5-84e3-4037-82d7-0382770350b7}{21}" paraid="1083141639" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">It is also knowing</span><span class="EOP SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW128847347 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW128847347 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{7d7b82f5-84e3-4037-82d7-0382770350b7}{84}" paraid="538635128" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">that even if every breath </span><span class="EOP SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW128847347 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW128847347 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{68ba8672-737e-4753-b2d9-b8291d89e5f2}{142}" paraid="708016975" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">I take ever after</span><span class="EOP SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW128847347 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW128847347 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{cb219a02-c6a0-4cff-9b26-65cbef4cf782}{220}" paraid="718955181" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">is ragged and choked</span><span class="EOP SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW128847347 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW128847347 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{b9ec59ea-cc86-405a-81e6-124c6a8d456c}{42}" paraid="1315520983" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW128847347 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{b9ec59ea-cc86-405a-81e6-124c6a8d456c}{42}" paraid="1315520983" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="TextRun SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">there is something in me</span><span class="EOP SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW128847347 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW128847347 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{b9ec59ea-cc86-405a-81e6-124c6a8d456c}{129}" paraid="849541125" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; 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font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpFUh5BK_OcFtGUfmvY4vq-4EK-Xim2pUAoxwBXpK5lbz30X607UDVgzetei2hCWWcQdRVCoWrbTF9FizN14B0H2w3W4XICrLKE5OTzPEatYr1RfEMPFbR7XT4xF2P2uvepvMdk5Qg2PNqH9Zv88mWxzIoVBy6uzKD_6ZCnPSNQ_qKRHzgVX4p8k-v/s1920/lszpIT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpFUh5BK_OcFtGUfmvY4vq-4EK-Xim2pUAoxwBXpK5lbz30X607UDVgzetei2hCWWcQdRVCoWrbTF9FizN14B0H2w3W4XICrLKE5OTzPEatYr1RfEMPFbR7XT4xF2P2uvepvMdk5Qg2PNqH9Zv88mWxzIoVBy6uzKD_6ZCnPSNQ_qKRHzgVX4p8k-v/s320/lszpIT.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Image from</span><a href="https://wallpapersafari.com/w/lszpIT" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank"> Wallpaper Safari</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Song Choice: </b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGKt8S6uIqc" target="_blank">When I Get There by P!nk</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Liner Notes for this Groove: </b>This poem is linked to the <a href="https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/2023/03/friday-writings-69-darkness-and-light.html" target="_blank">Friday Writings</a> post at Poets and Storytellers United. At the time of this posting, it is a few days past the second anniversary of a dear friend's death. This poem was inspired by thoughts I had when I visited one of our favorite nature centers.</div><span class="EOP SCXW128847347 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></span><p style="font-size: 12px;"></p></div>Rommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3659263493425330078.post-53072364709863512922023-03-16T19:18:00.004-04:002023-03-16T20:28:33.536-04:00Spring Insists on ComingSpring insists on coming.<br />Even though winter still gnaws<br />at the edges of my world, <br /><br />spring will not stop coming, coaxing<br />life from the seeds<br />I thoughtlessly planted, <br /><br />not understanding how fragile<br />the sprouts’ little green necks<br />can be, stretching out skyward. <br /><br />Some will never make it that far,<br />asleep forever<br />where even late frost can’t hurt them. <br /><br />But spring is here<br />and for whatever it’s worth<br />so am I.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEina3gIpf1T3KKmX9m3hJHKup7e95nqYATUCD37L7ZRS7Rt7Li5_Px88X1b14RraYA_4sx4kAQEQ0gkQS41XvUtMWi32DlSKYtG7Bt9xcHaEeNXNYRhmVL_21qf9t-SosaybKzy642QRtBlXcUq-G8rD4CafhbixXUbbX2n1h_boyeaHxC3ARvp4cp6/s5333/imso-gabriel-8OMtWmTNSZo-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="5333" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEina3gIpf1T3KKmX9m3hJHKup7e95nqYATUCD37L7ZRS7Rt7Li5_Px88X1b14RraYA_4sx4kAQEQ0gkQS41XvUtMWi32DlSKYtG7Bt9xcHaEeNXNYRhmVL_21qf9t-SosaybKzy642QRtBlXcUq-G8rD4CafhbixXUbbX2n1h_boyeaHxC3ARvp4cp6/s320/imso-gabriel-8OMtWmTNSZo-unsplash.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@imsogabriel?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" target="_blank">imso gabriel</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/8OMtWmTNSZo?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" target="_blank">Unsplash</a></i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Song Choice:</b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy76QRhYY8k" target="_blank">Carry On My Wayward Son covered by First to Eleven</a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Liner Notes for this Groove: </b>This poem in linked to the Friday Writings prompt at <a href="https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Poets and Storytellers United.</a></div>Rommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3659263493425330078.post-46647407165881161242023-03-10T10:31:00.006-05:002023-03-10T11:37:04.933-05:00Love Letter to a Wildflowerbeautiful things grow<br />in unexpected places. <br />you taught me that<br /><br />there is no wall<br />no cement pavement <br />thick enough<br />to keep what is meant to grow<br />from unabashedly blooming. <br /><br />at the end of every winter<br />i search through last year’s dead leaves<br />and the cracks of suburban civilization<br />until i find you again.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6Ff0P-zYD3H8vfCU3_y4w6GgoF_y17eGjryyLjdRgeCaJk62EV6vaI4Zwt3lTUTadkHkFtKOsrntsjl3RWCbURFot5_2kQey365ASvTwuOIu4QRE2eqoIKLDH0Q3kjuXySwW78GhcGr2-2E4AhbFqmFCcvGdk9FcwNC5CnFw1u6HLc2CrNK0Qzcb/s6000/lee-DK7msqOZ9fI-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6Ff0P-zYD3H8vfCU3_y4w6GgoF_y17eGjryyLjdRgeCaJk62EV6vaI4Zwt3lTUTadkHkFtKOsrntsjl3RWCbURFot5_2kQey365ASvTwuOIu4QRE2eqoIKLDH0Q3kjuXySwW78GhcGr2-2E4AhbFqmFCcvGdk9FcwNC5CnFw1u6HLc2CrNK0Qzcb/s320/lee-DK7msqOZ9fI-unsplash.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@leeqin?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Lee 琴</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/DK7msqOZ9fI?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></i></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Song Choice:</b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdgY-CQsbKU" target="_blank">Wildflowers covered by The Wailin' Jennys</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Line Notes for this Groove:</b> This poem was created for the Friday Writings Prompt at <a href="https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Poets and Storytellers United</a></div>Rommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3659263493425330078.post-56312428344659598092023-02-16T19:24:00.001-05:002023-02-17T12:16:20.309-05:00The Sound of RainThe sound of the rain<br />feels like a blanket of words<br />I thought I forgot<br />under over-strained sunshine.<br />Lost stories come home sometimes.<p></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5t4MRF3LRzQ6HpTl5bSJ7qWT0rzBqYk2gXxU7s0U-bWlOym67HUiFgzKdeCyg0cGuHLQ0F8aZaUrm7HKMH4UVoZ45-NbFe_s7ZwdCUN45ckWnCpr7ZTmZGU_QUWsYKFZCOQoHDpi7QsUe2Be_QOps46sdJoDzrYj1F7tnTxO-efnyTeaIRpyG2VRd/s4000/reza-shayestehpour-Nw_D8v79PM4-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5t4MRF3LRzQ6HpTl5bSJ7qWT0rzBqYk2gXxU7s0U-bWlOym67HUiFgzKdeCyg0cGuHLQ0F8aZaUrm7HKMH4UVoZ45-NbFe_s7ZwdCUN45ckWnCpr7ZTmZGU_QUWsYKFZCOQoHDpi7QsUe2Be_QOps46sdJoDzrYj1F7tnTxO-efnyTeaIRpyG2VRd/s1600/reza-shayestehpour-Nw_D8v79PM4-unsplash.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@r_shayesrehpour?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" target="_blank">reza shayestehpour</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/Nw_D8v79PM4?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" target="_blank">Unsplash</a></span></i><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Song Choice:</b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzFnYcIqj6I" target="_blank">Here Comes The Rain Again by Eurythmics</a></div><div><b>Liner Notes for this Groove: </b>This tanka is linked to the Friday Writings post at <a href="https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Poets and Storytellers United.</a></div>Rommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3659263493425330078.post-27044666182900598022023-02-09T09:20:00.000-05:002023-02-09T09:20:03.465-05:00Words<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What's the use of words<br />when they aren’t really mine,<br />just lines I'm expected to say? </span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />No one wants the real <br />ones that have been prowling, <br />thrashing their tails and hissing <br />in the warm cave of my throat</span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">waiting for their chance <br />to run and be seen. <br /><br />There is a script <br />for the way things are done. <br />Those words that were really mine<br /><br />have nothing to do <br />but wait in the dark while I hope <br />that in their restlessness <br />that they don’t tear my own throat </span><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW212201783 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></span><p></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW212201783 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="EOP SCXW212201783 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><b>Song Choice:</b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4oj_AJvYKY&t=14s" target="_blank">Words by Missing Persons</a></span></span></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW212201783 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW212201783 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Liner Notes for this Groove: </b>This poem is linked to the Friday Writings post at <a href="https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Poets and Storytellers United.</a></span></div></div>Rommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3659263493425330078.post-46971642055071892792023-02-02T09:38:00.001-05:002023-02-02T16:13:08.586-05:00NecromancerRages buried,<br />especially in unremarked graves,<br />never rest easy. <br /><br />They claw<br />out of their tombs,<br />polite skin peeled away<br />making you confront the rot. <br /><br />They rise<br />bringing the deterioration<br />of the past to the present <br /><br />and they rest<br />only after they have truly been fed.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5wsgnBIwe8rlE7PRc1VVl9aS4PHIwQ5lzl0h0DRMAjIQuWxEuWQH8oksIIX5fH2yq4AQBkC-zb5GhKbl-epemuUhisX8wv8jvnVFXru05IRz_9OzxboR_FWR39dcignQYyeu0LjxutqqUDlrtfv0qFWrF6mD-NeglOzyXrJskTVxfcFWxO9Y5IeAI/s4608/simon-wijers-Rv-kXv1rojw-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4608" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5wsgnBIwe8rlE7PRc1VVl9aS4PHIwQ5lzl0h0DRMAjIQuWxEuWQH8oksIIX5fH2yq4AQBkC-zb5GhKbl-epemuUhisX8wv8jvnVFXru05IRz_9OzxboR_FWR39dcignQYyeu0LjxutqqUDlrtfv0qFWrF6mD-NeglOzyXrJskTVxfcFWxO9Y5IeAI/s1600/simon-wijers-Rv-kXv1rojw-unsplash.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@simonwijers?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" target="_blank">Simon Wijers</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/Rv-kXv1rojw?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" target="_blank">Unsplash</a></span></i></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><b>Song Choice:</b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbAnp5WjKDg&t=33s" target="_blank">Zombie Stomp by Ozzie Osbourne</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Liner Notes for this Groove:</b> This poem is linked to <a href="https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Poets and Storytellers United's</a> Friday Writings post.</div>Rommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3659263493425330078.post-63180904308897779822023-01-28T14:49:00.003-05:002023-01-28T14:49:24.613-05:00For a Would-Be SpellslingerFirst, you have to listen<br />for the under-rhythm pulsing<br />everywhere<br />from the stars to the earthworms. <br /><br />This is where all true magic begins.<br />Pay attention, <br /><br />to the ones that help you<br />not only to find the natural thrum<br />of your spirit, listen<br />for the ones that harmonize<br />with your softest chords. <br /><br />Now you are ready to craft<br />music that shifts<br />possibilities to probabilities,<br />earning the title of spellslinger<br />with every newborn note. <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW117671264 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Song Choice:</b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ifR2A9Afbk" target="_blank">Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic covered by Sleeping At Last</a></span></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW117671264 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><br /></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW117671264 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Liner Notes for this Groove: </b>This poem was created for Magaly's prompt at Poets and Storytellers United Friday Writings prompt, <a href="https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/2023/01/friday-writings-61-such-inspiring-titles.html" target="_blank">Such Inspiring Titles</a>. The first book I read in 2023 was <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Spellslinger-Sebastien-de-Castell-audiobook/dp/B07FNR3369/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2NZV7CDC3SCK7&keywords=spellslinger+sebastien+de+castell&qid=1674935175&sprefix=spellslinger%2Caps%2C417&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Spellslinger by Sebastien De Castell</a>. My poem has nothing at all to do with the book (which was a heck of a lot of fun and a great way to kick off 2023's reading list).</span></div>Rommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3659263493425330078.post-79699118690251700742022-12-01T18:04:00.002-05:002022-12-01T18:04:54.605-05:00Fisher QueenI told a story to the river <br /><br />about a mutual friend of ours<br />and how she loved<br />the way its scent would carry the stories<br />of what happens<br />when the river meets the sea. <br /><br />The river said seeing me<br />reminded it of a story,<br />the one about an old king<br />and a wound that would not heal. <br /><br />"The Fisher King", I said, remembering<br />she loved stories of Camelot too.<br />It’s true. Some wounds never really go away. <br /><br />But the thing about a heart<br />that will always bleed a little, <br /><br />means that there’s plenty to use as ink<br />to craft into stories<br />about kings and queens,<br /><br /><div>that I can tell to the river<br />so it can carry them back to the sea. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2lOfBhmGl2U5Nh7qOAOihlvRhf_sUgPvPNieW5dFLIzr6xDSTQGnOWDxcyOdN1qi9ukpbqYDbd7koUvoIuSBrBIJY_8ntP-8bYYZ2wKdw2nAxrxlWvM6itfhfOfxB8n3zmY_MRd9rTE5xCXGJajK5cFZ0_LvnueZAoYmSoB8z4IdnKOJOR8fR6W3V/s5472/jared-subia-Qxxwd3jYv0M-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5472" data-original-width="3648" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2lOfBhmGl2U5Nh7qOAOihlvRhf_sUgPvPNieW5dFLIzr6xDSTQGnOWDxcyOdN1qi9ukpbqYDbd7koUvoIuSBrBIJY_8ntP-8bYYZ2wKdw2nAxrxlWvM6itfhfOfxB8n3zmY_MRd9rTE5xCXGJajK5cFZ0_LvnueZAoYmSoB8z4IdnKOJOR8fR6W3V/s1600/jared-subia-Qxxwd3jYv0M-unsplash.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@jaysoobs?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" target="_blank">Jared Subia</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/queen?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" target="_blank">Unsplash</a></span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Song Choice:</b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am6rArVPip8" target="_blank">What the Water Gave Me by Florence and the Machine</a><br /><div><br /></div></div><div><b>Liner Notes for this Groove:</b> This poem was created for the Friday Writings prompt at <a href="https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Poets and Storytellers United</a>, Bleeding Heart.</div>Rommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3659263493425330078.post-45253090064901845872022-11-19T11:06:00.002-05:002022-11-19T11:06:48.862-05:00Ordinary IsOrdinary is<br />feeling like an animated five-year-old<br />when the rising sun makes patterns through my curtains<br />that feel like a secret message for me to decipher. <br /><br />Ordinary is<br />tasting the alchemy between the elements<br />that created my morning tea. <br /><br />Ordinary is<br />picking up a wriggling earthworm from a puddle<br />and wondering if it thinks of me as a mad eldritch horror<br />that had a sudden moment of benevolence. <br /><br />Ordinary is<br />tucking in the bones of the flowers that I planted on a whim<br />under a bed of decomposing leaves<br />much to the dismay of my HOA. <br /><br />Ordinary is<br />staring up at the stars to chat about my day<br />and the way we always decide <br /><br />this still isn’t a bad life at all<br />by the end of our conversation.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4_98xK6l780mPzkUq-Zq1FLd43Q5gfn1kwpJ5Hp5vEjet4bK6WJ-xYBnK1UfjfXYetbAayai-XGy3fBFZ0j3IAx9uaZNu1p_n6NGmDXVpdmo8YnggIOV-OYY-t7DYelkW1qxndVpWqPXBjPrP15_DyuGrw-DfkawC8caid9OFLmQLmbdmmYIFkgMB/s4160/carl-campbell-npXRqCglxhc-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4_98xK6l780mPzkUq-Zq1FLd43Q5gfn1kwpJ5Hp5vEjet4bK6WJ-xYBnK1UfjfXYetbAayai-XGy3fBFZ0j3IAx9uaZNu1p_n6NGmDXVpdmo8YnggIOV-OYY-t7DYelkW1qxndVpWqPXBjPrP15_DyuGrw-DfkawC8caid9OFLmQLmbdmmYIFkgMB/s1600/carl-campbell-npXRqCglxhc-unsplash.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/es/@carlbcampbell?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" target="_blank">Carl Campbell</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/weeds?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" target="_blank">Unsplash</a></span></i></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><b>Song Choice:</b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeOAFZ3NS4Q" target="_blank">Ordinary World by Aurora</a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Liner Notes for this Groove:</b> This poem was created for the Friday Writings prompt at Poets and Storytellers United, <a href="https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/2022/11/friday-writing-53-ordinary.html" target="_blank">Ordinary</a>.</div></div>Rommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3659263493425330078.post-3329025622867218002022-11-10T17:50:00.000-05:002022-11-10T17:50:11.828-05:00Today's Story<i>What story will I tell myself today?</i><br />I wonder,<br />smelling spring green<br />mixed into November leaf piles. <br /><br />Will this be the one<br />about the dancing trees<br />with the tempo of their sway<br />commemorated in the bark?<br /><br />Maybe I’ll think about the lost<br />autumn wind that shaped the dancers'<div>trunks and branches<br />and how it will return<br />like no time had passed<br />between meetings.<br /><br /><i>You sound like a woman who hasn’t given up,</i><br />I say, letting my heart take comfort<br />in the hush-shush song <br /><br />my feet make when I ramble on<br />though a field of leaves<br />only slightly out of my way<br />on my walk home.<br /><br />I answer back,<br /><i>I really haven’t,</i></div><div><i>at least not this time.<br /></i><br /><i>Maybe I really never will, </i>I add,</div><div>making another satisfying crunch</div><div>in last year's leaves,</div><div><br />while knowing my pen and notebook<br />are still waiting in the place<br />I last set them down. <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCOOYKSXmoMc828-WWBF0vNjX2xqjBfAIS-gPhxWIaShdbMFDVQCq9LamD9TISHYJStyB7lyZ1n9RbL0FVYOn73g4xF61E34ftoMe-bML0ARwUJsNkymGKAYaxRTg9b3qcxmvTV9imdkRSvNs5Tl1pficu2lt0QHeqQhe_en51Q4x7TStC2CG71bFg/s5568/konstantin-dyadyun-50hhiZf9vI0-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCOOYKSXmoMc828-WWBF0vNjX2xqjBfAIS-gPhxWIaShdbMFDVQCq9LamD9TISHYJStyB7lyZ1n9RbL0FVYOn73g4xF61E34ftoMe-bML0ARwUJsNkymGKAYaxRTg9b3qcxmvTV9imdkRSvNs5Tl1pficu2lt0QHeqQhe_en51Q4x7TStC2CG71bFg/s1600/konstantin-dyadyun-50hhiZf9vI0-unsplash.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@kostyadyadyun?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" target="_blank">Konstantin Dyadyun</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/autumn-forest?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" target="_blank">Unsplash</a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b>Song Choice:</b> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k_jNONkNZU" target="_blank">Anne with an E soundtrack suite.</a><br /><div><br /></div></div><div><b>Liner Notes for this Groove:</b> This poem was created for Poets and Storytellers United's <a href="https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Friday Writings</a> prompt, Dialog.</div>Rommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11810721515248103148noreply@blogger.com16