Wordless Wednesday (Week 30)
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Author Archives: Maggie C
Couch for One (Plus One)
A Shared Journey
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Getting Acquainted
1.8
your “therapist look”
what lies hidden behind that
nonjudgmental mask
2.3
what will she ask me
or will she ask nothing – yet
wait for my reply
2.4
I trust you and yet
I don’t trust myself to know
in whom I can trust
2.18
I wish you’d somehow
relieve me of this shadow
but that’s not your job
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Getting Annoyed
3.4
misconstrued feelings
I end up defending thoughts
that never were mine
3.9
I want to be heard
or so you told me, but then
you didn’t listen
3.10
not satisfying
agreeing to disagree
when I know I’m right
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Getting Serious
3.11
laid to rest for years
you pulled back musty covers
hurts to be laid bare
3.12
heavy question posed;
answers blowin’ in the wind?
or just flighty thoughts?
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The Response I Didn’t Say Out Loud
3.16
you look down, she said.
yes I am; I don’t know why.
I will try harder.
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Self-Sabotage
3.17
wallowing in mire
wish you could pull me out, but
I know that’s my job
4.12
when things go too well
I feel the need for poison
that’s what she told me
4.13
which poison to choose
self-loathing memory loop
usually works
4.16
walking a thin line
why do I find it so hard
to choose happiness
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Getting Contemplative
5.13
introspection time
I get your words but do I
want to make them mine
5.20
does it matter why
I feel and think as I do?
why yes, yes it does
6.27
what would I have done
if granted a do-over
hard to imagine
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Getting Better?
6.28
what will I do now
each day is a do-over
up to me to choose
6.30
So what now? I asked.
Indeed, what now? she echoed.
I’m hopeful. Kind of.
7.22
rearranged my life
or at least the living room
life is next in line
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The Daily Post Discover Challenge: Shared Journeys
Where There’s Smoke…
fear-fed smokescreens lift as embers of hope ignite dreams banked in our hearts
The Accidental Photo Op
I’m not very good at choreographing photos. My most interesting photographs seem to come out of unexpected moments, unplanned outcomes. Being able to capture something memorable on film (or in pixels?) is — one might say — the “cherry on top” of being in the right place at the right time.
Examples:
Arriving early for an appointment and waiting in my car, thinking I should walk around the neighborhood to look for something interesting to photograph. And then a man bicycles past me with a dog riding on his shoulder.
Taking a mundane photo of flowers and being photobombed by a curious fur ball.
Looking out my window by happenstance and encountering a beautiful sunset.
Taking a photo of a bridge, only to discover I have captured a snow-covered mountain in the background.
Okay, I’m joking with that last one, but the beautiful mountain view was the “cherry on top” of a wonderful walk along the river with family.
One could say that the accidental photo ops are sometimes the most “fruitful.”
The Daily Post weekly photo challenge: Cherry On Top
Unpacking
words trapped in boxes freed to fly away and roost on my bookcase shelves
The clothbound books in these photos were all published in the early 1900s.
Wordless Wednesday (Week 29)
Confused Yet?
I don’t understand. Don’t understand what? Exactly. Exactly what? I don’t understand exactly what. I don’t appear to understand, either. Exactly.
The Daily Post one-word prompt: Unpredictable
Etched Wood
rotted wood transforms as time, weather and worm holes sculpt a masterpiece
The Daily Post weekly photo challenge: Details
Fissures
sadness trickles in through cracked walls and broken hearts seeps back out as tears
Look Beyond the Obvious
hidden agendas are rendered conspicuous by shadows they cast
The Daily Post Discover Challenge: A Piece of Advice
What Rhymes with Stanza? 