Posts Tagged ‘poetry’
Challenge
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how do you know
what it is
about the challenge
you face
or where it is located
on the circular path
of the hero’s journey
you are obviously on
a vision quest
always harder
than the one before
probably because
it is the very same one
you’ve already been through
over and over again
never recognizing
the plan
set in motion
from before you were born
was created by you
your benevolent guide
to help you to find
precisely what it is
you want yourself
to know
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Repost: Weeks
I did an impromptu search of the archives and found something from the first month I started this daily regimen of posting to Relative Something (about 6 years ago) which reflects my recent thinking about days flying by leading to months flying by. Here it is again, in case anyone else is freaked out that we are in the 3rd month of the year already:
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Sleep
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early morning light
rattles gently against the window
asking to get inside
despite not needing permission
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darkness glides blithely away
until later that very same day
entirely unconcerned
there’s no alternative decision
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each fulfill their role on demand
for infinite weeks without end
and sleep just ignores the both of them
rolling right over because it can
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