Take care of yourself and remember that taking care of something else is an important part of taking care of yourself, because you are interwoven with the ten trillion things ...
— Rebecca Solnit
Something threaded
gets frayed, tugged,
gets pulled apart,
fidgeting fingers,
nervously pondering
something else
entirely, ten trillion
things on one's mind -
still, the tug continues
at this darkened time,
this dead of night,
with distant stars quiet
but some, like us, forever
in the midst of falling
Gather promises
muttered from the mouths of men;
the bonfire always burns
Nature wears her scarf
of tattered leaves and colors;
woven Autumn threads
Perched upon a branch
of oak, the murder of crows
foreshadows in shouts
Mourning my country,
and questioning whether
this place is still home
Solitary walk -
stand inside the ballot box;
cast the hate aside
for Election Day 2024
Chewing
on Penicillin
spores -
Gorgonzola,
we're never
bored!
Loosen
up, bits, on the
plate
Dress the salad -
it's time we
ate!
for DS106 Daily Create
A slight flash of red
beneath the surface of pond;
a tail, then its gone
Minutes and seconds,
hours discarded like leaves;
Decomposition
for Algot
That hour, misplaced
back in Spring, returns again;
a moment too soon