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@TAB @greenpea @Meowmy @SmilingGecko @Appleblossom @Shaz51 @Glisten and everyone else that wanders by (no deliberate exclusions!)
@Sophia1 (almost forgot!)
A new thread since the old one is quite old
So, the poem:
(As usual, I hope it connects with someone)
Change
What is that which makes me afraid?
Is the unknown so very dire?
My progress has been much delayed
By the absence of desire
Sure, I wish, I want, I hope, I dream
But alas I lack direction
Stranded in a stagnant stream
Apathy is poor protection
I cannot control the trepidation
That arrives afresh with each new day
And endless, futile rumination
Does nothing to keep the dread at bay
Night falls up with a warm embrace
Tomorrow starts its siren song
Perhaps sound sleep will help erase
My long-held faith in being wrong?
Hope becomes imperative
Motivation inches near
Not all loss is negative
I bid a fond farewell to my fear
StuF
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@StuF Wonderful poem. Change is something I thrive on.
When I’m not having a trauma response. It’ll get better. G
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@good riddance to fear… ahah!
think I’ve lost it sometimes…. Then it starts a lurking again….
turned to some old books on Buddhism….it all helps
keep writing
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