Maybe it’s the twilight
Maybe June & Summer fireflies
I’ll never know why, I cannot stop
Sitting & waiting for you
First a hinted whisper like wind
Oh, it’s nothing that I did
To cause this flood of emotion
And elation that you are still here
No one knows & I’m not pretending
No spaces, no blades of separation
But me & you inspiration
I live to meet you here

Away from love and crazy poems this is a more serious piece relating to health

It
is safe here for you under your shell

That
you have carefully constructed for yourself

Was
it to keep yourself in

Perhaps
to keep others out

Maybe
a little or all of both

What
if the walls you have made

Were
of concrete so solid and firm

What
if they were lined with steel

What
if there were no windows

What
if there were no doors

What
if you never got out

What if you lived and died there

What
if you did not

What
if it were not like this

How
would you feel

If
those walls were paper thin

If
the roof blew off with the wind

If
the doors could never be shut

If
the windows were always open

What then

How
would you feel

Becca hosts a blog all about trees.

Here is my entry:

Look at this amazing Zebra Farfalle Italian Pasta Salad! Farfalle is the name of the pasta shape, or as I always call it, bow tie pasta. Do you remember I took a pasta class and I learned how to make ravioli? This is one of the pasta bags I bought at their store. Guess how they get that black color into the pasta? It is squid ink! Yes you read that right. I didn’t notice any difference in taste then regular pasta but what a dramatic look it gives the pasta.

This recipe is just a basic recipe for Italian Pasta. I didn’t add a lot of veggies because I wanted to showcase the pasta. You can use any type of pasta shape, any of your favorite vegetables and your favorite Italian dressing. This is a perfect dish to take to a picnic since it is not mayonnaise based and…

Waiting

“We’re going to have to wait, The Baron is away for a few days.” Ashalla informed her.

“I can wait.” Aalen replied looking around the crowded streets. She hadn’t realised there were so many people in this city. Where did they all come from?

They were standing in the city’s square. Above them all rose the Baron’s Keep like a giant solitary black tooth. Aalen spied the walls of the fortifications. She reckoned she could scale them with no problems, and she thought Ashalla could do the same.

Revenge would come. She could wait. What was a few days?

Joanne Fisher

Aalen’s story: previous episode

This was written with the prompt waiting provided by the Carrot Ranch June 20 Flash Fiction Challenge.

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Image: – Malina Rose

“Come fly with me,” she said

“I’ll take you places you never imagined.

Just come this way.”

Off she floated and I found myself

Likewise floating along the pathway.

She seemed in such a hurry

I wanted to enjoy this newfound freedom.

“Slow down!” I called

“Let me smell, touch, taste,

So much to take in

So little time.”

“You must keep up for that very purpose,”

She chided, “there’s much to see and do before the end.”

“But I’m old,” I puffed exhaustion taking over.

“I know,” she said, “all the more reason for you to hurry on.”

Written for: https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2019/06/25/photo-challenge-269/

Ancient Rituals
Midsummer bonfires flicker
Solstice sun through stones

In response to CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI: Carpe Diem Time Glass #30 summer solstice photo and prompt

This summer solstice
Golden sun’s prodigious eye
Aligns with flowers

In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #192: Eyes and inspired by Carpe Diem Haiku Kai: Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #90 Crossroads … Summer Solstice (Troiku Hineri)