Writer. Feminist. Historian. Person.
to defy the dark
I stand on the precipice
heart beating in time
as destiny’s reflection
brightens the murky waters
Image by Michael Bußmann from Pixabay
Thanks for the inspiration to Sue’s Tanka Tuesday Challenge. This is a bit of a companion piece to this morning’s piece for Sadje’s What Do You See challenge: the night before you left.
So visit it as well if you’d like. 🙂
Bound in the shadows
tormented by memories
Autumn’s light beckons
Thanks to Mind Love Misery Menagerie’s Sunday Word challenge (tormented) and to Crispina Kemp’s Creative Challenge for the inspirational photo.
in the stillness, light
pushing against the darkness
a promise laid bare
Thanks to Sue and her #writephoto challenge and photo.
I’ve been struggling with … a lot these past few weeks. And as I try to dig myself out of my funk, writing this reminded me that I’ll be OK. The light will return if I let it in. (I hope.)
Like so many of you, I am reeling. Dread keeps washing over me wave after wave after wave. Dan Rather encourages me to stay #steady and keep up my #courage. John Lewis reminds me of the importance of #goodtrouble. And Rebecca Solnit demands that we not fall into despair. Instead we must ACT and create that “Hope in the Dark.” I value those voices and I am trying to heed them. Still, I woke at 4AM with my brain spinning. Sleep refused to release me from the turmoil in my brain. So many bad things happening already. And so many bad things that seem certain to come. I’m trying to see that hope in the dark! But all I can manage today is a humble haiku to hope.
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Present Becomes Past
A River of Fortitude
Can Sweep Hate Away
Prompt Thanks to Putting My Feet in the Dirt
Tina Stewart Brakebill 