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Tag: mindfulness

like butter – #SoCS

That wasn’t how the day was supposed to end…

mental health, mindfulness, real life

faded glory

Try as I might, I just can’t see the beauty.

#picandawordchallenge, #pixtowords, beauty, being present, dying, life and death, mindfulness

Sonnet XVI – Time Tasting

That day shall come, too soon , notfastenough;

calendar, centering, clock, futility, mindfulness, present, time

Sonnet IX – Presence

The ache which seems will never go away, one day shall flee like so much cloud and mist.

focus, future, mindfulness, past, present, today

Feeling the Feels

Feelings are foreign to me; at least feelings over which I don’t have some sort of control.

Breethe, calm, cleansing breaths, coming out, feelings, Go to the limits of your longing, Jesus, mindfulness, present, regret, rilke, Suicide, worry

SoCW

So, it’s another day where my poetry fails to flow, but instead of retreating to the handy haiku, I’ve decided … More

authenticity, effort, mindfulness, presence, sufficiency
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