nothing wrong with the direction south, once you know its south and not north
Happy Sunday
much love...
January 17, 2016 at 2:43 PM
Anonymous said...
You will gain control again. Your power is needed and welcomed in the universe. Indeed, we sometimes lose control...but we rise and take it back. Survivors do.
Still, it's a scary moment in the free-fall. I think that's why so few of us enter the gyre with Gerard Manley Hopkin's Hawk however much we wish to. Gorgeous poem! It makes me think of taking risks of life or death.
I love the quote and the images condensed and made your own - for me the most poignant line was toy..sometimes the memory of how that helped you through aches - you want it back because it made things seem a little better
January 18, 2016 at 7:46 AM
Anonymous said...
Sometimes that downward spiral contains just enough heat to get one moving in another direction,
Living is kind of cyclical, isn't it? The losing then retaking of control is something that resonates with me. Sometimes I think one way I began to retake that control is through writing.
=)
January 19, 2016 at 1:10 PM
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Collage writing prompt by MindloveMisery's Menagerie.
shared with Poets United
Quotes by Patti Smith
"Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire"
"Got to lose control before you take control."
i spiral
downward
desire
lost
of toys
of nature
of man
of me
i spiral
22 Comments
Close this window Jump to comment formBut I know there's a set of stairs around here! Great sense of downward- great poetry again!
January 17, 2016 at 11:05 AM
I totally get your poem. i do not get the quote though.
desire has made me fiery mad but never fiery sad
January 17, 2016 at 12:16 PM
I have had to lose control many times before I could take control again....and do we really ever have control! I wonder? Fabulous poem Gail!
http://www.livingfromhappiness.com/poetry-sunday-a-smile/
Donna@LivingFromHappiness
January 17, 2016 at 12:28 PM
Excellent!
mindlovemisery
January 17, 2016 at 12:36 PM
Well penned!
January 17, 2016 at 12:47 PM
That swirl is a dance... a control well lost.
January 17, 2016 at 1:27 PM
I can feel that downward spiral. Thankfully, our spirits most long to rise, so we bounce back up again....like rising bread! Smiles.
January 17, 2016 at 1:44 PM
nothing wrong with the direction south, once you know its south and not north
Happy Sunday
much love...
January 17, 2016 at 2:43 PM
You will gain control again. Your power is needed and welcomed in the universe. Indeed, we sometimes lose control...but we rise and take it back. Survivors do.
January 17, 2016 at 4:05 PM
Gail, YOU will never be out of control...NEVER! You know why? Because you wear pink boots, girl!!...:)JP
January 17, 2016 at 4:26 PM
Love this :D such a free flowing piece :D
January 17, 2016 at 4:51 PM
Nice, Gail!
January 17, 2016 at 5:19 PM
the journey within the mind is a continuous spiral of motion
January 17, 2016 at 6:05 PM
Good title; good quote; good response. I trust you spiral up again!
January 17, 2016 at 7:16 PM
Recognizing that one is in a downward spiral is perhaps the first step to changing direction and momentum...
January 17, 2016 at 7:47 PM
Going downwards and feeling nice about it! Change and adjust to maintain stability certainly!
Hank
January 17, 2016 at 11:41 PM
Still, it's a scary moment in the free-fall. I think that's why so few of us enter the gyre with Gerard Manley Hopkin's Hawk however much we wish to. Gorgeous poem! It makes me think of taking risks of life or death.
January 18, 2016 at 12:29 AM
I love the quote and the images condensed and made your own - for me the most poignant line was toy..sometimes the memory of how that helped you through aches - you want it back because it made things seem a little better
January 18, 2016 at 7:46 AM
Sometimes that downward spiral contains just enough heat to get one moving in another direction,
Elizabeth
January 18, 2016 at 5:39 PM
yes, at certain times of life...brilliantly penned...
January 18, 2016 at 10:54 PM
Don't let the spiral win . . .
January 19, 2016 at 9:48 AM
Living is kind of cyclical, isn't it? The losing then retaking of control is something that resonates with me. Sometimes I think one way I began to retake that control is through writing.
=)
January 19, 2016 at 1:10 PM