I had a good day today, felt the best (emotionally) that I have in a while. I wrote this poem this evening about something that happened while I was leaving Whole Foods today in my usual Monday routine of buying groceries. Thought I'd share.
The Road Unknown
A Monday like any other, stuck on auto-pilot. I came to a crossroads, waiting to take the familiar road. A voice in my head said “No, take THIS road today.” “But I don’t know where that road goes!” I protested (ever the slave to routine). “Just GO. THIS is the road you need to take today.” I trusted. So unlike me. I took the road unknown.
Soon, my eyes were met with such splendor that my heart nearly caught in my throat. Arms reaching to the sky, fluttering, dancing in the sun. Twirling proudly, calling “Look at me! Look at me!” Brilliant costumes of gold and red and green. Dazzled, I forgot to worry about the unknown.
The sun, like warm honey, seeped into hungry pores. The autumn breeze rushed past, dizzy with freshness. A smile started in my heart and spread to my face. Sometimes, it takes getting lost to find your way. “This IS the road I needed to take today.”
quote:Originally posted by GoingSkiing: You referenced an "experiment" on another thread. Do you mind if I am nosy and ask what your experiment is? Is the experiment working as far as you can tell?
I explain what the experiment is in one of the threads...the "Snack Attack" one, I think. It's just that I had been suspecting that I'd been eating too few calories and/or too little fat, at least on the weekdays when I bring my lunch. So I started an experiment to consciously add some fat and calories to my day on weekdays. I definitely did see a difference, which I believe is also documented in the "Snack Attack" thread.
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Sheri, I forgot to say, I'm really glad that you are feeling better, too!
You referenced an "experiment" on another thread. Do you mind if I am nosy and ask what your experiment is? Is the experiment working as far as you can tell?
Denise
Denise
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Thank you all for your lovely comments. I shared it with a few coworkers and got really great feedback from them, too.
In fact, they each said (independently of one another) that I should enter the poem in a contest. I told each of them that I used to do that when I was younger (and more of an idealist). I would submit poems to contests held by this one organization and, after the winners were chosen, they'd put out a little paperback compilation of the winning poems. After reading those compilations for a few years, I realized that my poems would never win. The poems that win contests are long, lofty things that you need to have explained to understand what they're about.
But, you know, it's okay! I love having people say "It made me feel like I was there." or "I know exactly what you were feeling when you wrote that!" For me, that's what writing is about. Communicating feeling.
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