Before mercurial attitudes
I am clam –
emotions shuttered
Not that silence is calm –
oppressed energy a danger –
even shells can burst
Question is where
shrapnel will strike
when inevitable happens
(Image my own)
Before mercurial attitudes
I am clam –
emotions shuttered
Not that silence is calm –
oppressed energy a danger –
even shells can burst
Question is where
shrapnel will strike
when inevitable happens
(Image my own)
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truly a beauty in a clam shell! great imagery
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Thanks Cindy!
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You’re so welcome VJ💖
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Such a potent poem. It resonates with so much with so few words, as it should. Love the wisdom throughout: “Not that silence is calm –”
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Thanks!
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A powerful poem and fantastic image. Thank you for sharing it.
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Thanks Ali
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This has echoes of Langston Hughes’s “A Raisin in the Sun.”
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Thanks Liz.
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You’re welcome, VJ.
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Beautiful image and poem
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Thank you
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🙂
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Love this
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Thanks !
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Your welcome
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