The struggle

Cloud-like, her self worth

forms, floats,drifts, fades, dissipates,

fettered to their whims,

those wretched conflicting thoughts

blustering within.

 

 

*Photo by Niklas Hamann on Unsplash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Awakening

O, tormenting truth,

gnawing, clawing, deafening,

scourge to the conscience.

 

 

* Featured image by Victor Freitas from Pexels

Photo by Nathan Lemon on Unsplash

Anger and a lesson learned

I am not sure if it’s the relentless  summer heat or if it’s part of aging, as suggested by my friend,  but my patience well has been quite dry lately.  In other words, I find myself way more easily irritated.  I couldn’t even stand hearing myself when I gave in to these petty annoyances as it’s impossible to shove angry words back in once they have been callously spat and sputtered out.Read More »