July 31
Charmed by Snow
Warm weather snow falls in fat full flakes; I am living in a
world of dreams and sweet peas. Sudden
dustings sparkle and surprise leaving as quickly as they came; yet the world is
kinder now. Beauty is an ambush of the
heart. My breath alters, accelerates,
speeding me to a smile, an illustration of joy.
Crows walk the edge of the hedgerow, prattling on as they do; snow to
their ankles and food on their minds. I
drive over the mountains discovering myself as the recipient, the receiver of
all this great gift, this life.
Trek to the edge of your comfort zone and map it out
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MORTIFICATION
Lime with envy I built a wall around.
Love and hate are enclosed, brick and stone.
Rigor of extremities, the discipline of ages falls
so short.
I make no in-depth connections
I coat externals with glue
Stack reaction and let the bombs fly.
I mix and crush old habits and bad ideas, make a
paste.
I am setting myself up again.
Abstinence becomes the pestle of bludgeoning and
abasement.
I am hard and I am hollow
Wounded pride, I subjugate my soul
My life is reduced to a powder, I am mortified.
You are reading selections from More Sober on the Way to
Sane and Lines From My Life by Sherrie Theriault
