When I lay down my head to sleep You softly shine your light Across the sky, your journey far, Watching though the night From west to east you travel through My darkest hours and then You welcome me in dawn's soft rays When I wake up again Before too long your light will dim As … Continue reading Morning Star
Horizon
She stood looking at the horizon as the darkness began to lift and the twilight steadily advanced toward sunrise pondering how the sparkle of the morning star that kept her pointed toward the east, toward her future, seemed to to fade in the bright rays of sunlight cutting through the haze. She knew it would … Continue reading Horizon
“Gawain & the Green Knight” ⁂ Classics
I've reread Gawain & The Green Knight this week for the first time in probably 18 years. If you're not familiar with this work, it is a lengthy poem with 101 stanzas (2532 lines) that was originally written in Middle English by no one knows who somewhere around the 14th century... we think. While I … Continue reading “Gawain & the Green Knight” ⁂ Classics
Mask
He thought of her and wondered what she felt for him. He'd never been brave enough to outright tell of his desire and had kept his heart safe from rejection by keeping a mask on his emotions. He did not know she'd done the same. ⁂ Sammi Scribbles Weekend Writing Prompt Use the "mask" and … Continue reading Mask
Sisu: Is it in You?
In our society as it exists today, there is often an unhealthy idealization and hero worship that takes place when we see others accomplishing and overcoming difficult things. We make demigods of those whom we see as being above ourselves and we seek to associate ourselves with those we see as above the norm. The … Continue reading Sisu: Is it in You?
Fate
Fate will find a way To bring the dead back to life Blooming in the spring
Resilience
Resilience. This is a word that keeps coming back to me but not because I say it to or about myself, rather because there's a very small handful of those who keep saying it is a quality I possess in great supply. To be honest, I have a difficult time hearing this word applied to … Continue reading Resilience
Woolgathering
Vacantly he stares, not seeing the room, unable to focus, barely acknowledging the words flung his direction. He's woolgathering about her... Again... And he's trying to decide what to do about the truth he holds inside.⁂ Sammi Scribbles Weekend Writing Prompt Use the "wool gathering" and write a piece in exactly 36 words. ⁂ How … Continue reading Woolgathering
Sweet Sleep ~ Alternative Medicine
Anyone who is a regular reader here knows that I'm an interesting case, medically speaking. There's a lot happening with amputation and autoimmune diseases in my world and I've learned through trial and error that mainstream medicine and pharmaceutical drugs aren't always the most effective approach to what ails a body. Where every class of … Continue reading Sweet Sleep ~ Alternative Medicine
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The mark upon the Hawthorn branch Points silently to the Oak Which alone stands within The very heart of the grove Carved upon the tree Sometime ages and ages hence Yet still visible but only for those Whose trained eyes know where to look For they know Who really is "Friend of my soul" ⁂
