General

the forest dwellers
reached the town in search of prey
it’s a human trap

can’t break inner strength
the wires of an enclosure
It’s temporary!

Copyright ©️ 2022 Jane Aguiar

Written in response to:

reenas-xploration-challenge-250 by Reena

what-do-you-see-153 by Sadje

Thank you for reading!

Stay Blessed! 💞

The unknown attracts and forbids

Treachery or treasure, don't know

Possibilities entice

My ego tastes of surprise gifts

Don't stop. Ready or not, Just go

Logic and Reason don't suffice

Will wonder wander wherever
On the only road to forever

Mindfills for Reena’s exploration challenge; The Skeptic’s Kaddish ~ W3 prompt – An Ode hosted by the Deepthy;

Written for https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2022/09/30/reenas-xploration-challenge-250/. A narrative, story, or a poem or wherever the inspiration takes us.

Covering the forest floor, I had seen these roots before.

Perhaps in a dream, I wasn’t sure – I couldn’t remember most of my dreams when I woke up. But this was familiar, like de-ja-vu had me in its gentle grip. They seemed to have a life of their own, reaching into my memories, and guiding me back home.

The door, tiny, but I saw the light beyond the window.

I knocked, once, twice, three times and the wood door creaked open, to reveal what was inside. Was it heaven? Was it hell? Was it somewhere in between. I had long been convinced that the life I was living bordered on hell. Like everything was going wrong that could go wrong.

‘Tara,’ a voice from the beyond said. ‘Welcome home.’

Grief

grief is like driving
over the speed limit
in total darkness
and people around
are yelling at you
for goin’ the wrong
direction, you went
there anyway
‘cos you wanna
be over driving
not seeing the light
then boom!
you hit the wrong spot
before you knew it
people who loves you
are now the ones grieving.

you’re off to some place
where grief is no longer
present.

P.S.

this photo felt like grief for me. it gave me a strong overwhelming emotion of sadness.

For Reena’s Exploration Challenge

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #250

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #249

PROMPT RXC#249

A single word,

LEGACY

but you can use any of these or other synonyms

Benefaction, Bequeathal, Bequest, Bestowal, Birthright, Devise, Endowment, Gift, Heirloom, Heritage, Inheritance, Patrimony, Provision, Settlement, Hereditament

For a further twist, you have a choice to include its opposite word

DEBT

or its synonyms

• cross to bear
• disgrace
• load
• millstone
• misery

LEGACY

Hunger for knowledge

legacy I’ll leave behind

Carry forward, please

Ocean of knowledge is vast

Don’t waste time sitting on shore

Twilight tells
Dark story
Graves speak out

Sunk in depths
History holds
The old tale
I hear it

Sunk vessel
Lives like chaff
Cry mercy

Old Oak Tree

dig a grave of me
upon the shallow old oak tree
no, not in the fancy cemetery where
people are laid to rest
for when i die i will not be at rest
i don’t belong there.

my soul belongs to the vastness of the universe
where i will wander and wander more
maybe in the wilderness i will see the beauty of life
i was deprived of when i was alive.

my spirit belongs to the deep blue ocean
where i could freely swim down
at the bottom of the sea and there maybe there
i would find peace i so long to have for free.

i belong to the skies
i belong to the seas
i belong to the mountains
the hills and the valleys.

dig a grave of me
upon the shallow old oak tree
and let me die freely in peace
let me…

laburnum lantern
flying off on a wild romance
~ whirlwind spins her dreams
theatrical summer's end 
leaves legacy of first love 

Moonwashed Musings ~ theatrics; Reena’s exploration challenge ~ legacy; Cee’s FOTD; RDP ~ lantern