Tagged: survive
mom’s miniature
mom’s miniature
roses survived after all
these years, countless tries
later, now out back fending for
themselves against wandering deer
.
20220512:1925
y
we survive by the
we survive by the
luck of the draw, debating
what to eat instead
of are we able to eat, and
what would we have to give up?
.
20220317:2000
y
not having enough
not having enough
hot chocolate to survive
another snowstorm –
first world problems in the nth
degree, buried in disregard
.
20220113:2011
y
bees will survive some
bees will survive some
mysteries, like the unnamed
flowering tree in
the backyard, that scarlet come-
hither look, but not mankind
.
20210429:2237
y
in the middle of
in the middle of
a pandemic, grape tomatoes,
looking to survive
.
20200725:0921
y
we still believe in
we still believe in
longevity – washing hands,
wearing masks, keeping
our distance, as if we didn’t
need one another to survive
.
20200719:2110
y
maybe it’s only
maybe it’s only
the shape of things that will survive
when the colors fade,
when the taste is not quite right,
when our hearts fumble with doubt
.
20180730:0759
y
** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: fade
they don’t tell you that
they don’t tell you that
with every decision comes a
shedding off of a
protective coat or a donning
of a layer – yes to both
.
20170525:2358
y
it’s an inexact
it’s an inexact
science, how we will spend our
whole lives migrating
in a circle to survive, like
wildebeest, chasing the rain
.
20170319:2059
y
there is an old, new
there is an old, new
paralysis – a hitchhiker
on the most bearable
days, a parasite on
the worst – that pins
down a hand, an
arm, a leg, a morsel
of every hour, crushing
the cells and membranes
of day. we feel
sick about it all
the time, emerge
from the stupor
spasmodically to ask
one another for best and
worst case scenarios,
readjust our negativity
bias for a version
of survival
.
20170311:1013
y
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