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I sit still in the pockets of stillness

holding delicately the errant heart

suspended between
the harsh and loud crashing waves of accusations

mulling over the razor-sharp words

and the wounds left on my wrists

inverted query marks that question your maps

of which way the relationship should head

cynical assertions mock simplistic way of looking at life

my views are like a lost alphabet alone and adrift

in the vast seas of sardonic know-allism

now when I look back at that naive, gullible person

I wonder was that really me?

My crumbling thoughts are doctored to sync with others’

the debris of such thinking falls in undulating patterns

it is a miracle that still some sense can be made

of the free-flowing bonds that keep us tied to each other

our silence often embellished with pregnant pauses

But where others see potential of emptiness

I see an ocean of…

In Response To:

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #112 – This week you can choose one or more from a set of 10 words/phrases, to kick start your thought process. Let us see where the journey takes you. The comments often offer different perspectives and start another thread of creativity. Find time to read those and interact with other writers.

Here are the options….

1. pockets of stillness
2. question your maps
3. cynical assertions
4. lost alphabet
5. was that really me?
6. crumbling thoughts
7. undulating patterns
8. free-flowing bonds
9. pregnant pause
10. potential of emptiness

Sue Vincent Thursday Photo Prompt:  Glow #writephoto – Use the image below as inspiration to create a post on your own blog… poetry, prose, humour… light or dark, whatever you choose.

Amongst the glow

of a pre-risen Sun

pockets of stillness

can be found for a

soul to rest and be

nourished in contentment

to eschew and intercept the

potential of emptiness.

~ *…

Reenais the host of Reena’s Exploration Challenge.

pockets of stillness

question your maps

cynical assertions

lost alphabet

was that really me?

crumbling thoughts

undulating patterns

free-flowing bonds

pregnant pause

potential of emptiness

~*~

Making cynical assertions never helps to resolve a conflict

There are pockets of stillness, perhaps a pregnant pause

Keep your crumbling thoughts together, find the lost alphabet

Fight the potential of emptiness and the free-flowing bonds

Before you question your maps study the undulating patterns

The answers are always there, right in front of our faces we just

Need to overcome the impulse to score a hit, curb the desire for

Oneupmanship, whichmight give us a temporary high but leaves

Us wondering was…

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #112

WRITING PROMPT 112

This week you can choose one or more from a set of 10 words/phrases, to kick start your thought process. Let us see where the journey takes you. The comments often offer different perspectives and start another thread of creativity. Find time to read those and interact with other writers.

Here are the options….

1. pockets of stillness
2. question your maps
3. cynical assertions
4. lost alphabet
5. was that really me?
6. crumbling thoughts
7. undulating patterns
8. free-flowing bonds
9. pregnant pause
10. potential of emptiness

Pockets of Stillness

It is so much more rewarding…

do
not
let a
pregnant pause
linger for too long
it gives birth to misconceptions

In response to: Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 112