Beth A. Fleisher<\/p>\n
Hour 13<\/p>\n
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Prompt:\u00a0 Write a poem about a physical activity you do all the time. It could be something mundane and chore related, such as brushing your teeth or mowing the lawn, or it could be something you do for fun, or for your health, like running or swimming. The poem can be about more than that physical activity, but it must start and end with it.<\/p>\n
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Mental Health Walks<\/p>\n
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Sheltering at home<\/p>\n
sounds so benign<\/p>\n
until you realize<\/p>\n
what it means.<\/p>\n
No going out<\/p>\n
no company coming in.<\/p>\n
Four walls, two cats,<\/p>\n
and cabin fever.<\/p>\n
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We aren\u2019t supposed to<\/p>\n
leave our apartment complex<\/p>\n
so every day, twice a day,<\/p>\n
I take a mental health walk<\/p>\n
around our thankfully large<\/p>\n
parking lot, which is bordered<\/p>\n
by lovely tall fir, cedar, and pine trees,<\/p>\n
home to many kinds of friendly wildlife.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Squirrels jump from branch to branch,<\/p>\n
crows caw out their displeasure<\/p>\n
(or pleasure, hard to tell which),<\/p>\n
and blue jays swoop in front of me.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m reminded that I\u2019m never alone<\/p>\n
unless I choose not to see that<\/p>\n
Creator sends unlikely friends<\/p>\n
to visit on my mental health walks.<\/p>\n
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