April #AtoZChallenge and #PoetryMonth
1. To celebrate my appreciation of life
2. To experience the process of writing linked poetry, a form of Japanese renshi
3. To give thanks for and better appreciate a life well-lived.
The flowers are a colorful bonus for the #AtoZChallenge
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L is for Lack of Motion and Lilacs
LACK OF MOTION
Lack of motion
Limited sight
Slow breathing
Diminished thought
Absence of
concern
Exhalation of relief
All this and more
As one accepts release
Falling gradually
or fast
Time and again
With ever increasing pleasure
Into nightly blessed sleep.
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Just reading the words makes me sleepy. I've never suffered from insomnia so it is easy to take a good night's sleep for granted, although a scheduled talk next morning will have me tossing and turning through the night. What keeps you awake?
