OctPoWriMo - Shining My Light and Vulnerability

My skin feels like it is on inside out a lot lately, everything feels slightly off or a lot off. Part of it is the pandemic and part of it is the cycle of life I am in. I spend a lot of time alone, partly by choice and partly, well, the pandemic. But even without the pandemic, I don't know that I would be spending much time with other people. More now than ever in my life, it feels difficult to be with people. That's why I spend most of my time with dogs and cats. They don't judge and they love, mostly, unconditionally. 

I've decided to combine day one and day two of OctPoWriMo.

Art by MDragonwillow

Inside me is light

peaking from small little cracks

the broken places 

skin chaffs and prickles

at vulnerability 

opening to feel

Picking at the cracks

widening, growing brighter

letting more light out

Join us at OctPoWriMo: 31 Poems in 31 Days.

A is for Allowing

Art by MDragonwillow
from Effy Wild's Journal
Jam on Wilderhood 

Allowing the changes

Rivers flowing faster now

Magic still happens

Art by MDragonwillow 
for the a to z challenge.

I am a crone in the making and and I'm using art witchery to help me through it. Moving through these changes can feel as difficult as being a teenager; hormones rising and falling and life feeling unpredictable, not that it ever was predictable. 

Haiku for the A to Z Blogging challenge 

A to Z Blog Challenge

I am going to attempt to do the A to Z Blogging Challenge in April even though my laptop is on the blitz. I'm going to keep it simple by creating A to Z Haiku and possibly other forms of poetry.

I'll probably share some of my art journaling and photography from the past year and maybe some new stuff I create during the challenge.

My theme is...

Crone Art Witchery 

My art journaling created from Moonshine 2020

It has been a busy couple of weeks and today is my first day off I've had in over 7 days. I decided to keep this poem short and off prompt. I may write to the prompt later but it felt like something deeper which I just didn't have the energy for at the moment.

Photo by MDragonwillow

Finding flowers in 

unusual places 

a pastime 

I enjoy 

seeing the beauty 

and strength 

in nature 

reminds me 

to be strong

Have fun playing with your words during OctPoWriMo!

Surrendering to Love

It begins. OctPoWriMo seventh annual poetry challenge begins now. The words flow from many all over the world. Some link up and some choose to play with their words offline. Will you be one of them?

Today's prompt is about surrendering to love, allowing oneself to open to love within and love from others.

Photo by MDragonwillow

Love
it isn't as simple as
black and white
so much baggage to unpack
being in the moment
can be painful
and then there are
moments of
joy
sudden and sharp
making colors come alive
music sound brighter
hope blossoms
and then is dashed
again
again
surrender is a state of
mind
surrendering to love
doesn't always feel safe
will now be the time
will now be the place
surrendering to love
myself

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Hop on over to OctPoWriMo to see what other poets are writing about Surrender.

Peace