Finally, my second poem inspired by The Miss Rumphius Effect (see link to her blog in my blogroll!). Her Tuesday Poetry Stretch was to write a poem in the form of a Rictameter.
I have spent most of my years "watching life happen" instead of actively pursuing the life I want.
Just this evening I felt myself slipping into that "I want to hide out from life" state of mind.
I wrote this poem instead! :~)
Alive!
Not just dreaming
And watching life happen
Present in this very moment
Participating fully, engaging
my senses, emotions, actions
Failing, trying again
Not giving up
Alive!
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- I've been told that life begins at 50, and I want to be ready! It's time to light a candle, sweep away the debris of the past, handle with care the memories I cherish, and make room for a whole new life, one day at a time.
2 comments:
I love it Evelyn! Alive indeed!
I love it!
I can relate to wanting to hide out from life! Sometimes we need to but other times, well, then time goes by and you wonder how you are in a place that you didn't plan.
I remember someone telling me that if you don't make a choice- you know the waiting to figure out what you will do but you never figure it out.....then you are in fact making a choice.
Life happens in the small steps each day....eventually those steps make a path...
which tells a story about you.
So sometimes when I get caught up in the busy-ness of daily doings- which is the same thing for me as hiding and not pursuing ....I force myself to make SMALL choices towards those dreams....
great poem.
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