Sometimes, it seems, when comes a thing,
so sharp and bitter does it sting,
we see nothing but to pick and dig
what once was small but grown so big
and eats its way into the soul
leaving there a gaping hole
till nothing will suffice to fill,
you pluck tenaciously until
with sweet relief
and little grief
you cast it to the wind and so
discover peace in letting go…..
Copyright words and photo
CKP 2017
Music courtesy of South and thanks to my years of watching The OC.
Letting go is sometimes hard. Writing away my anger is one way that works for me… I can only write “I hate…” so many times and it releases — maybe out of boredom! 🙂 Beautiful, love the images.
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Thanks Kate. I cling to hope until it begs to be released. 😔
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Hi Cheryl is this based on personal experience? beautifully said x x x
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Lots of them Jennifer. Letting go is a real challenge for me… thankyou and hugs. 😊
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Letting go is one of the hardest things, but life usually starts getting better once you get beyond the pain. Love the photos of that bird!
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Thanks Dan. You are so right about that. I’m glad you liked my friend. You should see its wet buddy! Now that was a sight.
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I love this, Cheryl. Ah, letting go is truly uplifting.
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I think it is an exhilarating, terrifyngly liberating moment Jennie. Glad you liked it. Thanks.
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You said it well, Cheryl. Best to you.
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I appreciate you Jennie.
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🙂
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Cheryl, I agree with Mary. Having said that, letting go is tougher than writing about it 🙂
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Yes it is Simon. I think only being beyond a place of pain are we able to write about it. I just felt inspired when I saw the anhinga picking its feathers and then that tiny one finaly floating away, as if released from its burden.
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Yes, so true. The pictures of the anhinga is so evocative.
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They are so elegant and multilayered. But, when wet they reaemble a wet stuffed toy. I have one I may post later, just to show the stark difference. When they fish they dive and swim underwater the. Sit to dry out for lengthy periods. It is one reason they are relatively easy to photograph. With their heads just out of the water they sometimes look like snakes.
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Letting go is far better than letting something burn forever. Beautiful poetry and a beautiful bird, Cheryl.
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Thanks Mary. I’m glad you enjoyed it. The anhinga is one of my favorite birds.
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