Decisions

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“You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.”  ― Annie Dillard

She sits in awe
 contemplating her next move
overwhelmed by the beauty
surrounding her
she holds tight to the view
her body in stasis
Seeds of thoughts surfacing
decisions, decisions
there is only one way down
- dive -
Or stay forever 
slowly becoming a minute particle
of this stunning crag
her precipice
her
choice



Ellecee

Inspired by

imaginary garden with real toads - Poets of April

and

Skywriting  - seed

Cast a Light

Withdrawing, withdrawing,

desiring respite in seclusion

Days drifting, drifting, drifting on

all of life a pitiful illusion

Thinking, thinking, thinking, dark ‘til dawn

Seeming sudden, shadows cast a light

that only poignant dreaming could ignite

“it is never, ever, to late to mend”

even as a journey nears its end

"ellecee"

In response to

Prompt Nights – Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad – [39]

Routes

To a stranger

she appears lost

seen struggling through

the dense underbrush of

their perceived doubt

she seems confused

out in the open

away from the protection

of supporting friends

she is vulnerable

so they thought

but unknown to them

she has a map

her course is clearly marked

a crooked line highlighted

with a black pen

her destination marked

with a red star

"ellecee"

Reposted for

Prompt Nights – To travel is to take a journey into Yourself – [28]

Oblivious

Bluegrass

In this world of illusion

I tread lightly

leaving no footprints

no scent to be picked up

by marauding packs of

coniferous beasts

hungry for conquest

I lie down in tall, sweet

smelling, blue grass and listen

to the sound of the wind

as it moves over my hiding place

touching me gently

like a mother's kiss on

her child's cheek

I lie quietly feeling the

earth beneath me breathing

with an ancient rhythm

a subtle sweet massage

constant and penetrating

I feel safe

protected

oblivious

Ellecee

Reposted for

Prompt Nights - On Popular Demand - The Hidden Realm

Surprise

I am surprised by

the signs of aging

Looking at my hands

I see those of others

who are dead or gone

The signs of withering

the texture of old parchment

no amount of moisture cream

can take away

"ellecee"

Alas #2

Alas

I am

  still

settled in

reading

winter gravestones 

"ellecees"

Imaginary Garden with Real Toads

from Magaly

"today I wish us to

create poetry into which we weave

the titles of 3 of our poems"  

Alas I ended up with more titles :-(

Day 10

Settled In

The winter has settled in

snow crunches underfoot

ice shatters to shards

mist rises from the lake

as if something warm

lie beneath

The longest night has passed

but still it feels

unending

Ellecee

Winter Gravestones

I am getting older

not too old

but old enough to see

memories in graveyards,

and to ponder,

                                 someone's father who tilled the land

a youth who road a bike on country roads

a farmer's wife who raised chickens

gardens in the fall

winter snow

spring thaw

and how

some things die

while others live forever

if only in our minds

Winter Gravestones

Ellecee

Reposted from Ellecee's Eye

STILL

Not bound

tethered

restricted

in any way

still,

immobile

stuck

mute
still

a mystery,
now unfolding
understood while

 waiting

still

Ellecee