Tagged: struggle
between now and then,
between now and then,
make time for rest, the struggle
waits for everyone
.
20221225:1328
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the city uses
the city uses
casual camouflage to evade
culpability
.
20220315:2202
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in the middle of
in the middle of
chocolate is always more
other chocolates –
the struggle to resist the
comparison simply melts
.
20210521:1646
y
there’s something soothing
there’s something soothing
playing over the airwaves
as democracy
struggles to survive – both sides
of one coin feeling justified
.
20210106:2008
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it takes struggle to
it takes struggle to
notice the little things, or
privilege to peruse
all the angles, or freedom
to appreciate the difference
.
20200629:1856
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the struggle to be
the struggle to be
fully human and to see
that others are full-
ly human plays out over
and over – do we ever learn?
.
20191007:0751
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: human
assimilating
assimilating
and not assimilating play
tug of war in the
morning, at meal times, just before
bed, looking for a clean win
.
20180826:2318
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: assimilating
some corners invite
some corners invite
memories to overlap,
unrolling the mind
so that new sensations can
take root, tussle for a light
.
20160731:2020
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so soon after losing
so soon after losing
someone, the before
and after
struggle against
time, craning their
necks for a better
view behind
and ahead of
us, caught
in the traffic of
memories, cells
that have long
learned how to
bottleneck
.
20141005:1031
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eventually,
eventually,
stories that do not
get told
no longer struggle
for the light,
but rather
submit to
a silence
more rusted than
golden. the
distinction appears
negligible, but here,
try to lift this weight
.
20140606:0813
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