The heart doth soar free
transcending all divisions
love’s flavours beckon
The heart doth soar free
boundaries provide breakthrough
fervour replenishes
transcends all divides
imbues dreams in vacant eyes
revives hope anew
love’s flavours beckon
joy; hesitant visitor
stamina restored
Written for Eugi’s moonwashed weekly challenge. Joining Jim’s Thursday Inspiration, Fandango’s FOWC and Ragtag’s this week’s prompts.
This troiku is inspired be Li, who writes fabulous troiku.
The sleepy-sloppy ones in the morning
The hurried ones before rushing to school
The tired ones on return in the afternoon
The unexpected ones melting my heart
The warm snuggles at bedtime
The tight ones
The forced ones
The perfunctory ones
The rolling eyes ones
The light as gossamer ones
The making up ones
The ‘love you’ ones
The days when doubts plague
Disenchantment lingers and heart’s fragile
My kids’ hugs make better those days
Simple pleasures that light up my life
Making everything seem so worthwhile.
Tired of the congeries of compromise
night pauses haltingly
to collapse within itself
the miracle of solitude
no longer thrills her
sceptic memories lie frozen
in the limbo between shadows and reality
gathering its tattered skirt
lined with despair
she makes way for another day
fresh faced, happy draped in an amber glow
he arrives on the wings of a birdsong
but the rigmarole of humdrum routine
leaves grey smudges under his eyes
needless to say he
realises too late he is just
like a suggestion of the previous day.
Your perception colours your vision
You have never tried to know my side of story
Though you may see me as a threat
I am just protecting my territory.
Appearances don’t define character
Hatred so often hatred does beget
I am just protecting my territory
Though you may see me as a threat.
You see what you want to see
Invisible my teardrops to those consumed by bigotry
Though you may see me as a threat
I am just protecting my territory.
I am as terrified of you as you of me
Danger makes me too break out in sweat
I am just protecting my territory
Though you may see me as a threat.
Myths and lores fuel our fears
You tend to believe distorted history
Though you may see me as a threat
I am just protecting my territory.
Maybe time will be kinder with you
Maybe your actions you will regret
I am just protecting my territory
Though you may see me as a threat.
dVerse: write a mirrored refrain.
https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2021/08/09/what-do-you-see-94/
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