Choices
Photo by Tomorrow Never Knows on Flickr photosharing Morning brings two choicesRunNot runOpening the front door, a wall of heat bumps my faceSteals my breath, like opening the oven door to check a cakeI inhale the scent of parched grass and baking leavesI ponder that pain in my hip, the throb in my big toeAt my feet the dog pants, wags his whole body, spins in circlesHe doesn’t need a choiceMight as well ask him if he wishes to breathe The workday brings two choicesWritePretend I will get to it in a minuteOpening the word processor is a beatingDoubts slap my faceFears knuckle my stomachOn a shelf is a fat,…
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Opportunity’s Disguises
As Disasters While we may dream of opportunity knocking on our door in the form of Oprah bringing us a new car or hitting the lottery, the biggest opportunities in my life have come disguised as something less appealing. When my father was dying and my sister was crumbling under the stress of taking care of him, we made a pact to sign up for a fiction workshop and get a start on the novels we’d always talked about writing one day. It became an escape from the reality of hospital waiting rooms and long hours at the dialysis clinic. At the end of three months I had about 30…
Safe
Nightfall puts another day to bed.I meditate by the fire,Letting judgments float up, and away, in curls of smoke. Beside me the orange tabby purrs.The earth slowly turns toward tomorrow,Drawing a blanket of stars around us.We watch from the safety of our illusions. This post was written as a contribution to Three Word Wednesday. Check out what others wrote or try one of your own.