Suspended Between Two Worlds
By skinner_jennifer
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Dear diary...writing my feelings
down in a poem at this time helps
to put life in perspective, with all
the niggling traumas that leave
me fretful.
A new place awakens requesting
energizing thoughts, that poignant
reconnecting with intricate twist
and turns.
While writing I'm surrounded by
music, floating movement and
visual beauty with waves of
sound that calmly dip in and out,
so beguiling and scenic the
setting, reminding me of
love and laughter that flutters
like soft butterfly wings on a
cool summer day.
I gaze into glint of quartz
crystal, find with greater
eyes what has long been
kept inside; driven by
ancient instincts, clasped
between fingers;
I'm working a pattern
across surface,
feeling texture –
channeling sensations
enhanced by emotional
connection.
I never imagined the world could
be any different than how I once
knew it in my growing years. Now
cocooned in a quiet place...thoughts
hovering in expectation – weathered
by struggles! Yet keenly aware of
calmness.
This temporary existence not to every
ones taste, yet for me at this time of
crippling pain, has created respite from
life's expectations.
I'm suspended between two worlds;
one that's elusive but balanced, the
other reality and veiled by uncertainty.
Like petals of a flower...easily broken.
Photo is my own. The last time
I was able to go for a walk at
Stanton Park before my illness.
Video was free to use with no
copyrights.
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I'm sorry to hear you are
I'm sorry to hear you are experiecing such pain and illness, Jenny. That video is a lovely collection of images. Visiting such places that I have never been to and never will! It is good that we have such available now, and of course memories to revisit and thankful that we have been able to go out into the countryside in the past. I pray you'll find God's comfort and peace. Rhiannon
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Jenny I'm so sorry to hear
Jenny I'm so sorry to hear you're in such pain. Is it your hip again? I thought they replaced it with a shiny new one? Hope it heals/gets fixed soon whatever it is - do keep on writing - we miss you when you don't!
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I too am sorry to hear you
I too am sorry to hear you are in pain.
I loved your poem. It is our Pick of the Day. I am sorry it is late. I read this earlier and then life intruded.
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Oh Jenny, that is GORGEOUS!
Oh Jenny, that is GORGEOUS! How you can make such beauty when you are very sore I don't know, but you fill me with awe and great respect. I hope so much your pain is fixed soon. Please take care of yourself
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Hello dear Jenny.
Hello dear Jenny.
I'm very sorry to hear that you're still suffering with your illness. I hope someone or something can improve your health and mobility soon. I admire you for continuing to write your poetry through it all.
Your words cocooned in a quiet place struck a chord with me and I can understand why you would feel the way you do. I look at my own life and see that I'm very gradually heading in that direction. In my state of reasonable health I hope it's not flippant of me to say that I'm quite happy to not venture out much. The adventures of the big wide world don't appeal as they once did.
Please keep up writing your reflective poetry. It's always very enjoyable to read.
Turlough
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Positive attitude
There have been times when it's been necessary for me to get myself extra super fit for walking and cycling trips that I've sometimes foolishly agreed to go on but generally I've avoided physical exercise for great swathes of my life.
So it seems now, from what you've told me, that I'm benefitting from being a lazy fat slob. I don't know if I should celebrate this or keep it under my hat. I didn't escape completely though as my knees have remained a bit iffy and stiff following the ascent (and descent, which was the worst bit) of a very high mountain in Bosnia ten years ago.
When I was in my thirties and forties I would have envied the fitness level that you achieved, but long working hours, all those kids we had and difficulties at home left little time for doing anything about it. It was when I reached my fifties that exercise started to become important to me.
I'm very much looking forward to hearing that you've got a new hip, to hearing that you're back to pain-free normality and to reading more of your poetry. In the meantime please keep up that positive attitude of yours. I'm sure it'll make a big difference. I'm sure it'll pull you through.
Good on you Jenny.
Turlough
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Similarities
I see a lot of similarities there Jenny.
I will... and you take care too.
Turlough
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This poem is beautifully
This poem is beautifully crafted, with a timeless message that reached me in a special way, as I'm now in the stage of life where pain also becomes a companion, but fortunately I can still have my walks. Please keep writing Jenny as your art is appreciated.
Dougie Moody
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Thanks Jenny, and aren't we
Thanks Jenny, and aren't we blessed that we can all meet here? And with your poems - sometimes our pain becomes the fertile soil out of which good poems grow - your was a classic example.
Keep well Jenny.......Dougie
Dougie Moody
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"This temporary existence not
"This temporary existence not to every
ones taste, yet for me at this time of
crippling pain, has created respite from
life's expectations.
I'm suspended between two worlds;"
You have captured the beauty of nature and the travails of aging within the same poem which is quite a feat. I'm sorry to hear of your pain. I hope you get the support you need to get back to normal as soon as possible. Keep writing as best you can just now. Your presence is always appreciated and valued.
Take good care of yourself
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we're all easily broken, but
we're all easily broken, but sometimes we're more than that as you show.
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Good poem!
Good poem Jenny! "Poignant" again! All the best! Tom
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