My time is vitally precious
I most jealously guard and protect it
~ I make room for silence
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
I turn it off
and listen to the silence
befriend it
shake off what's not for me
and look at what remains
much like raking and
weeding the garden
my mind my nerves
uncluttering works magic
my muse finds its voice
I give her the mic
the pen the paints
and everything else
she can possibly want
Read on air by invitation ~ April 20, 2021 'LATE NIGHT POETS'
AP: 3rd place 2022, 3rd place 2022
Submitted on July 1, 2021 to A BRIAN STRAND JULY 2 contest sponsored by BRIAN STRAND - RANKED 1ST
lesson three
time is broken
where it used to speed along
it now barely wobbles
injured maybe crippled
i keep my mind bustling nonstop
in the hopes to fall
asleep at night
from mere exhaustion
busy working
the whole day through
uncluttering reorganizing
worried i’ll soon
run out of closets
in the silence
time is illusion
somehow
i’ll need to face
creating a routine
around the void of him
Published in my 24-page photo/anthology book ~TODAY I LEARN TO BE A WIDOW~ 2020
AP: 3rd place 2021, Honorable Mention 2021
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