Tag: change

Haiku & Other Poetry, Random Rants, tutto e niente

Flashback to Hope

Tina Stewart Brakebill
Fandango’s Flashback Friday — July 25th

This was originally posted on 7/25/2019 as A Change is Gonna Come (Hopefully).

Sadly, my feelings of being “uninspired or depressed or lethargic” also are like a bad flashback. Anyway … here’s to hope

The world spins around

Bringing a spark of new hope

As fuel for the flames

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I’ve been WP MIA for a couple of weeks. Between the heat and the constant rain and the general state of our world, I’ve been uninspired or depressed or lethargic. “Whatever” has been my go-to feeling of late. Ugh. But I’m trying to lift myself out of it. So thanks to  Sue’s beautiful photo challenge for giving me a hopeful image to go along with the spark of hope coming out of Puerto Rico.

I’ll leave you with my title inspiration-Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come.”

Peace.

Haiku & Other Poetry, History, tutto e niente

turn to stone

Tina Stewart Brakebill

stop hiding your face

silently wishing for change

turn to stone no more

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Thanks to Ronovan Writes for the word prompts (face / change) that fit perfectly with the  Sunday Photo fiction prompt. Photo courtesy of Pixabay

Not sure if I’m interpreting the lyrics as intended but they inspired me as well …

Turn To Stone (written and performed by Joe Walsh)

Hey now, the well run dry
Pages of your book on fire
Read the writing
On the wall
Hoe down, it’s a show-down
Ev’rywhere you look, we’re fighting
Hear the call
And you know it’s gettin’ stronger
I can’t last very much longer
Turn to stone
Well there’s a change in the wind
You know the signs don’t lie
Such a strange feelin’
And I don’t know why it’s takin’
Such a long time
Backyard people
And they work all day
Tired of the speeches and the way
That the reasons keep changin’
Just to make the words rhyme
And you know it’s gettin’ stronger
Can’t make ’em run much longer
Turn to stone
Haiku & Other Poetry, Random Rants, tutto e niente

A Change is Gonna Come (Hopefully)

Tina Stewart Brakebill

The world spins around

Bringing a spark of new hope

As fuel for the flames

1563823866699

I’ve been WP MIA for a couple of weeks. Between the heat and the constant rain and the general state of our world, I’ve been uninspired or depressed or lethargic. “Whatever” has been my go-to feeling of late. Ugh. But I’m trying to lift myself out of it. So thanks to  Sue’s beautiful photo challenge for giving me a hopeful image to go along with the spark of hope coming out of Puerto Rico.

I’ll leave you with my title inspiration-Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come.”

Peace.

Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

RevolutiON

Tina Stewart Brakebill

find new year’s hope

by seeking revolution  

rising from the ash

everything is connected neon light signage
Photo by Daria Shevtsova on Pexels.com

Thanks to Ronovan Writes for the word inspiration (seek/find).

And here’s hoping for a new and better year–where people come together and create change. Let this be the year that sees him (and his enablers) gone!

Peace.