Charmed Chaos
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My Body and I
I feel my failure intensely as if it were a vital organ the gods grew from the side of my head. – Jim Harrison, Vows from Dead Man’s Float
My body and I have come to an agreement- I’ll do my best to take care of you if you grant me this one thing- do not fail me again. As the spring sky brings rain for flowers, and summer sun browns the skin, so must we two come together again. To breathe cool air into our lungs, skip through leaves when autumn’s done. To wrap our body in softest wool and ease our hunger with broth when winter sets in. To run with the joy of a child, fall without grace and get up again, to calm our mind when day is done and night begins. My body and I have come to an agreement- we want to live every second and minute and hour until each day falls away. Then we sleep, perchance to dream of technicolor days.
©2022 Linda Lee Lyberg
Linda Lee Lyberg is a wife, mother, artist, published poet and author. She resides in Mesa, AZ with her husband Pete (aka The Big Viking) of 26 years and their latest rescue, Jackson “Jax” Lyberg. Linda writes various forms of poetry, as well as short stories. You can read more of her works at: charmedchaos.com and view anthologies containing her work here: Amazon Author Page
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I like the Jim Harrison quote you chose and your poem, especially the imagery of running with the joy of a child and falling without grace.
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Thank you kindly!
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Linda, I’m glad you got them into sync. Nice theme!!
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Thank you Jim!
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Linda, I’m glad you got them into sync. Nice theme!!
I am Jim1Jim1 on NaPoWriMo.
Going back there now.
My post is
https://jimmiehov6.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-cake-napowrimo-2022-day-one.html?m=0
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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