not-quite Journaling, 69
Wishes of doom steal hope
from all.
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12/5/2023: Some truths are that simple. Wishes of gloom and doom infect every heart involved. The opposite is also true, positivity and goodwill can be delightfully contagious--so, let the kindness spread.
Dark days wither,
not love.
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12/13/2023: This one tells me that, every now and again, when pain seems interminable and hope feels like a myth, we must remind ourselves of the sweeter aspects of our reality. What does it say to you?
All
I want is you
and
wild and wilder woods.
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4/30/2024: All right, so that’s a HUGE fib--I also want to garden under
the sun, to run 13 miles a week, to sleep through the night, to read printed
books for hours, to travel to the Dominican Republic, to spend the whole day
cleaning my home, to swim in a clean river (it’s been forever!), to eat
grapefruit, to visit secondhand bookshops, to sip a tiny glass of peach wine,
to dance all night long, to… well, you get my drift. The closer I get to the
end of my current treatment (this summer 🤞🏾),
the more hopeful (and impatient) I get about being able to do so many
seemingly trivial things (again).
– for
Poets and Storytellers United (Friday Writings #127: All I want is…)
Wild woods sound good to me! (But while it might be a very good idea to spend all day cleaning my home, what I REALLY wish is that someone else would.)
ReplyDeleteWild and wilder contains a lot of meaning, Nice.
ReplyDeleteIf you have time to clean your home you are not reading enough.
ReplyDeleteYou put it beautifully. And if the isolation of Covid taught us anything, it's that experiences deemed trivial are monumental when not able to enjoy them.
ReplyDeleteI hope that this summer you achieve all your heart's desires!
ReplyDeleteWild Woods sounds a good choice to me.
ReplyDeleteIf there is any woman in the world capable of overcoming adversity, it is you. I have no doubt. I wish you 13 mile runs, long book reads, gardening in sunshine ... every wish you articulated!
ReplyDelete[Dark days wither, not love ...] what it means to me? I focus on the bright days I've had, the brightness future promises. Sending love and a bright future for YOU.
Best of luck in your treatment. Hopefully you will be able to do all the things you want to do. I like your illustrated erasure poems.....Rall
ReplyDeleteThe doom stealing hope says it all. A sweet want list.
ReplyDeleteGrapefruit's been one thing I can eat again, this winter. I'd missed it. I wish you the pleasure of sun-ripened citrus fruit for many seasons to come.
ReplyDeletePK
Yes, doing all the things you/we want to do. Health to you my friend.
ReplyDeleteThese are wonderful wishes, with the exception of the. house cleaning.
ReplyDelete'let kindness spread'.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
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