Self-Soothing

Comfort no longer comes from community occupying a space of isolation but instead must be found in the silence within rituals soothe us through the empty hours lifting our hearts along the way - Caroline A. Slee

Winds in the East #MondayBlogs

Photo by Mostafa Ft.shots on Pexels.com Winds in the East #MondayBlogs When the die has been cast and the world catches up the shift moves to rapid pace in an impending goosestep the winds in the East push to wipe the slate clean of every dissent and blemish to create the blank canvas the art … Continue reading Winds in the East #MondayBlogs

Fugue #MondayBlogs

Photo by Quang Nguyen Vinh on Pexels.com Fugue The subject is introduced in a solitary voice seeking its flight from the everyday a slender thread shaky in the pull easily broken and easily missed but strengthening in resolve strengthening in numbers a thread become a ripcord in the flight and the rush the subject becomes … Continue reading Fugue #MondayBlogs

Scorcher #MondayBlogs

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com The sky is a punishment fired by sun beating down the Earth dries and cracks her skin after long days without relief we seek the shade barely moving become nocturnal as everything around us ripples and wilts we lose sight of the ending the break within the burn the promise … Continue reading Scorcher #MondayBlogs

Machete #MondayBlogs

Photo by Jonny Lew on Pexels.com Machete #MondayBlogs The path ahead is invisible blocked by obstacles and strewn with leaves the sun has vanished beyond an emerald glow as we must make our way forward We are bold at the start nearly tirelessbut the push of energy and optimism dwindles to fits and starts after … Continue reading Machete #MondayBlogs

Reverie #MondayBlogs

Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels.com Reverie #MondayBlogs The years frozen in time laughter and fear unguarded moments captured as memorials unpacking the weight of generations the dreams of every ancestor singing through the blood unlocking a reverie of every time gone by - Caroline A. Slee

We Will Meet Again #MondayBlogs

We will meet again on those open fields beneath the sapphire skies of another world our strides towards each other confident and joyful a reunion of those who were never lost to each other those the time apart ran far too long somewhere in that other world another you lives on as you were meant … Continue reading We Will Meet Again #MondayBlogs