#MythologyMonday#BraveWrite#vss365#GreekMyth
Water nymph Naiad Daphne, fair with gold flow hair, begged drawdown from delta river father god Peneus to escape Apollo eros.
Transmute to sacred laurel tree.
Unpossessed. Δ
Autonomy
I am learning the shape
of my own edges—
not the ones you traced
with your careful hands,
the ones that grow
when no one is watching.
There is a room inside me
that does not open
for anyone anymore.
Not out of spite,
because some doors
were never meant to be thresholds.
Some rooms are just rooms.
You asked me once
why I keep my hands
folded so tightly.
I did not tell you
that I was holding myself together
like a letter
that has been opened
too many times.
Now I walk alone
through the parts of me
that still feel like mine.
The garden is overgrown.
The light comes in sideways.
Nothing blooms
on command.
And there is relief in that—
in the slow recognition
that I do not have to be
a place for you to live.
I am my own unmapped geography,
with untranslatable names
for all I have survived.
Sometimes I pass a darkened window
and mistake my own shadow
for a stranger.
Then I remember:
this is what freedom feels like
when it has cost you
everything you loved.
Not a triumph.
Not a wound closing.
Just the ordinary courage
of waking up
and choosing yourself, again
and again,
until the choosing
becomes a kind of home.
She remembered watching Porky and #Petunia Pig on her grandparents old television
That was a memory
She had been so focused on moving on
Now she wanted to retrieve her past
An interesting day
#Bravewrite
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The
#sound of petunias
and spice crash into
cinnamon romance blushes
Miracles
walk the street scowl at
the hurried customers
Why express through
uncertain darkness a
mixed fog that keeps us humble
Creeps knock secluded gatherers
#vss365#BraveWrite#inkMine#FoxProse
Do you understand the point of the hunt?
She said
We can't rely on popularity #indicators to find true value
Finding somebody of value takes time
This doesn't just fall on your lap
Keen disciplined eyes and ears are needed
#BraveWrite
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spirits and sensuality,
drawn down, edges crisp,
evoking mystical sacredness
in a tender spark's risk,
whisper lingers through light,
weaving depth in burning soul's pull.
#FoxProse spirits and sensuality
#BraveWrite drawn down
#micropoetry#poetrycommunity
In my view, the drawdown is a pretty good indicator that whatever underhanded backroom deal they had been working on has coagulated enough … so much for the bravery of this fine gathering of troops… #BraveWrite² #oxj#Vss365#WriteMap
Just a quick sauce
Sautéed onion
Slivered garlic
Red pepper flakes for heat
Tomato sauce and wine vinegar
Pasta water
Ribbons of basil
Spaghetti tossed in
Until Al dente
Finished to perfection
With fresh grated Parm
Full belly
Happy cook
~JEO
#BraveWrite
The #headwords had been found
She now had a name for her campaign
It could be understood quickly
It would resonate with many
By having these words in place she could focus properly
She could release her anxiety now
#Bravewrite
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A panoply of adventures
All my life long collected
Living and dead together exist
The head word being Family
Not the Dagger in the Grave
My mischievous life
Spinning around
Spirits and Sensuality
With poetic turns
In each step
#vss365#artwiculate#BraveWrite#LoveLetters