I’ve known this season.
Danced with dying dreams.
Watched bits of myself float away.
Sometimes I tried to hold on. Other times I watched those pieces fly from me in the autumn breeze.
Both were painful.
Both left me bare and vulnerable.
Yet I’ve survived. Grown stronger.
I don’t always change in my own time.
It could be another’s clock that ticks and clicks at me.
In crisp air, I show my true colors.
What are they? What will the world think of them?
I wait, worry, wonder…
But the oak, anticipating winter, knows she will become more beautiful as she lets go.
Here is my attempt at #writephoto, a weekly writing prompt for poetry/flash/short stories hosted by Sue Vincent
Wonderful!
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Thanks, Liz! 🍃🍂🧡
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Beautifully resolved in that final thought, Sarah.
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Thank you. 🧡 I’m so happy to be able to participate in WritePhoto again–it’s been too long. Thanks for the inspiration, Sue. 🍃🍂
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I agree…way too long 😉 Lovely to have you with us this week, Sarah ❤
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This is gorgeous. ❤ LOVE!!!! #mast
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Thank you!!! #mast ❤
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Reblogged this on My Sword and Shield…. and commented:
Sarah, making a beautiful photo even more beautiful
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Thank you, my friend. 🍃🍂🧡 This means so much to me.
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That’s beautiful, Sarah. I love the oak’s teaching at the end. I’m was so glad to stumble upon the post. ❤
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I’m so glad you stumbled, too! As long as you didn’t fall. (I know, I’m hilarious.) Thanks, Diana. 🍃🍂🧡 Hope you’re enjoying your…er…season.
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I’m trying!
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As always, Sarah, so moving. I love the line, “It could be another’s clock that ticks and clicks at me.” I feel that.
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Ooh, yeah. That line just popped out. So true, right? I’m not sure where it came from with the nature analogy and all but there it is… I feel it deeply. So glad it resonated with you. 🍃🍂🧡 Thanks, Barbara!
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