Hour 8, Poem 8: Hope

Tiredness sneaks in and makes me slow. Mistakes are made but as long as I make it through I’m okay. Between poems, I lay down and close my eyes. Images dance behind yet my emotions are disconnected. Waiting to hear my alarm to write another…

Hope (image prompt 8, 4 pm)

Blue skies beckon. The balloon basket awaits. Burdens heavy set down. The flame ignites. Away into the heavens. Let go of the rope. Leave those burdens to God’s care. Hold on to hope.

She Went Down

She went down  All the way down.  Belly up, my belly went down.  Unsinkable, like my fears.  I didn’t have time to be scared.  I went down.  All the way down.  Icy water  Whistles blowing. She went down,  All the way down.  Rich, poor, old and young, …

No. 8

the birds and bees do it humans do it when they can hormones drive it though species differ it leads to continuation of life

Gardening

new cultivation lovely and grateful mission caring for nature @Maritza – Hour eight

Prompt 7, Hour 7: Normal

Ever since I was a young teen, I wished I could be normal. Have a brain without mental illness and anxiety disorders. No chemical imbalance. Lifetime depression would be absent. Sometimes, I don’t want to be me. Some days, I’m so tired of being alive….

Happy place

The sun is warm on my skin Heating me from within When I close my eye I can picture the clear skies   A single bird flies by It’s wings spread wide   I breath in the fresh air Feel the wind blow through my…