MY TAKE; doses of Wild YAM : Menolyrical; Final Friday Fiction

There is no place to begin~~

no place to complete~~
no place to rise or fall~~
where, oh where to land within~~

to shelter, rest feet~~
to feel worthy, stand tall~~
It is all very tiring~~

this labelling with names~~
claiming identity~~
and what's all this aspiring~~

the playing of games~~
to be one thing or three~~
unnecessary dancing~~

artificial lines~~
desperation tactics~~exaggerated prancing~~
"look-at-me-now" signs~~ expostulatory antics~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Be. Just be. You are you. I am me. We are we.

Don't stare. Don't compare. Don't glare. Don't flare.

Flow. Smoothly go. Life's too short. Don't snort.

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Sometimes when we are looking for our spectacles they are on our head and we just can't see them |

Sometimes we think our keys are lost, but they were in the pocket all the time |

Sometimes we are looking for wood but see only trees |

Sometimes we are digging for gold, missing the value of earth |

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(first published on Medium in October 2019)

12 comments:

My Mind's Eye29 November 2019 at 01:35
YaYa what a wonderful post. I like all of them especially the Be segment.
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MadSnapper29 November 2019 at 01:49
I wish I could have read this when I was a pre teen and learned to believe what you said here, it would have made my life so much easier than it was. I stared and compared and glared and flared. because of that I could not flow or smoothly go.. and as life is short and I now know what you say here for the value it has, my life is really short. great post
Jenn Jilks29 November 2019 at 02:12
Sometimes we must just be. I'm upstairs watching a chick flick. JB is watching football. I'm on the upswing. He's on the down! They are just colds, though. xx
Lone Star Cats29 November 2019 at 05:33
I go wif da flow - espeshully if it are a flow of gravy!!!
Joanne Noragon29 November 2019 at 06:25
Life is too short. Thanks for reminding us.
Stephanie29 November 2019 at 11:05
Just a wonderful post. Thanks for these wise and true words.
easyweimaraner29 November 2019 at 12:32
that is true!!! can you imagine that the cooling plant of a nuke was our swimming pool as we were kids? no one thought about "what if"...
WFT Nobby29 November 2019 at 13:04
Definitely don't snort!
rupam sarma29 November 2019 at 14:29
Amazing post
Duke29 November 2019 at 18:55
What a wonderful post!
carol l mckenna30 November 2019 at 21:29
Gorgeous photo and powerful words ^_^

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