Rallentanda

Rallentanda

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

What's Going On....Choices

 ruined for choice

hardly

not her lot at all

it always was

and still is

sink or swim

do or die

survival always

 the foremost consideration

 miraculously

she's still here

(just )

alive and limply kicking

8 comments:

  1. Smiles. I resonate with this poem all too well, except I am hobbling rather than limply kicking. I feel like a lot of things were not my choice at all, definitely a case of survival being the main idea. Awesome.

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  2. "she's still here" This is what matters only.

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  3. A familiar situation, Rall, but the ending is both defiant and hopeful.

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  4. Alive and simply kicking! Sometimes that is the best one can do on any given day!

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  5. "survival always
    the foremost consideration"
    You describe a spare life, in a way--but in another sense, survival should always be the first consideration. I'm glad you're here.

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  6. I am glad we can always keep on kicking even if the kicks aren't quite so mighty - Jae

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  7. Rall,
    I suppose each day dictates our mood and perhaps the weather can have a strong impact. Influences certainly help with choices towards poetic words :)

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  8. She's still here - and those are the words of a survivalist. Keep kicking...Truedessa

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