Month: September 2016

Blind Folded – 9.22.16

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Photographer Unknown
She felt relieved.

His tight grip finally letting go of her arm, having had her pinned down on the floor for weeks now.

She had been unable to move.

Forced to stay still.

In a frozen state,

Made to observe,

The things she’d done.

The sadness she’d caused.

The lies she had told herself.

And it was not until she took responsibility for it,

That he finally released her.

Tears spilled down her eyes as she recognized herself in the mirrors that he had placed before her,

He whispered “don’t be so hard on yourself, you were blindfolded; you didn’t know better.”

And with a small wave of his hand, and as to give her a short break,

Mercury Retrograde smiled and walked away.

~gg

 

 

Deep into the Darkness- 9.7.16

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Picture taken by me, 9/7/16 “You are not forever in the dark. Look up. There’s the Light”

 

I often wonder if nature is a poet.

Painting a picture,

As it portrays a story,

Ever so symbolically,

Of lessons to learn,

Of things to come.

 

The character in this story,

Has limited view of what lies ahead.

A long dark road being enveloped in total darkness,

A lightning storm of conflict building up further ahead.

 

The character is faced with a choice,

Either turn back and run away,

Or find some bravery within him,

And face the chaos that has been waiting up ahead.

 

And as the character approaches this tunnel of darkness,

With unclear and unsettling eyes,

The poet whispers, “go bravely on, this is the way,”

And with a stroke of his brush, paints a magical rainbow high in the skies,

Above the darkest of clouds, to lead the way.

 

Thus depicting one of nature’s favorite folklore tales;

That speak of facing obstacles to find greater opportunities,

That tell us we must go deep into to the darkness, in order to find the light within ourselves.

~gg