Your absence is a
red tether
unifying me, terrifying me,
a niggle
in a murky backroom
of my mind
a nagging worry,
a where-are-you,
are-you-okay
worry,
ballooning up
into the sky.
Copyright 2017 Brenda Davis Harsham
Notes: Happy Valentine’s Day on February 14th! A weekend for love poems. Here is an excerpt from Where He Is, a poem by Naomi Shihab Nye (from her book of poems, A Maze Me: Poems for Girls, Greenwillow Books, copyright 2005):
Because I knew the boy I haven’t met yet
is here too, somewhere close by,
and I knew he was looking up,
I could feel him looking.
Her Poem reminds me of Practical Magic, a wonderful, dark and magical movie that suggests we wish for each other, even when we haven’t met or aren’t together. In 2014, I wrote a fairy tale called The Red String. Perhaps these images are still bobbing in my mental murk.
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Friendly Fairy Tales 
Excellent!
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Thanks, again!
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a niggle…in a murky backroom. I love it!
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Thanks, Claudia. 🙂
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i LOVE this idea –
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Yay!
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
I SHOULD TAKE THIS TO HEART…PROMISED MY MISSUS A POEM, TOO! 🙂
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Only a few days left!
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I know, I know!
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I posted another! I’m on a roll. 🙂
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IS IT ABOUT AN ELEPHANT OR TIGER???
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Salmon Avocado Roll.
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Well…MINE is about tigers and elephants…and streaking!
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Beautiful Brenda and sad too~
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Yes, that’s the rocky part of love. 🙂 But it’s worth it.
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I posted a more happy one. 🙂 Thanks to Resa reminding me that her kids’ month is coming.
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