Looking long
at another’s days —
so different,
and free.
But is the other
discontented —
looking with longing
at me?
Copyright 2019 Brenda Davis Harsham
Notes: Our choices and decisions slowly confine and define us. Other people’s lives seem more free, but perhaps they feel as constrained as we do. Is that state of discontent the fuel that drives our engines? Maybe even the butterfly feels an insatiable drive for more, better, best.
Happy Poetry Friday and thanks to Catherine at Reading to the Core for hosting!
18 thoughts on “Looking Long”
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IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER….!
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The bee-holder? 🙂
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OOHHHHHHHH! 🙂
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🙂
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Do butterflies envy?
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Not sure, but it’s more of a metaphor. 🙂
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Testing one’s metaphor an active brain is a good thing for sure!
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Trying to stay active in this stationary world. How did we live without computers?
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The slide rule, the abacus, walks to the library, encyclopaedia salesmen, local gossip, watching to make sure our team of horses don’t misbehave! 😀
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And lots of chores. 🙂
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Oh yeah…:)
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Maybe a message to ourselves to recheck where we are. Thought provoking poem, and gorgeous imagery—as our tempts will plummet tonight, thanks Brenda! xo
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Thanks, Michelle. It has gotten cold at night.
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the grass is greener? love this ditty
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I’m sure the grass is greener. 🙂
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Lovely little write.
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Thanks!
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