Photo credit Pobble365
Image: Desiring a Reality (here)
the 11 of 12 Wordle given words:
basking last maybe lifetime luminous pretend mix original
proprioception (is the body’s ability to sense movement, action, and location)
cicatrix (the scar of a healed wound or a scar on the bark of a tree)
tongue
not basking in the limelight
prospects of being caged
to last maybe for a lifetime
and not being able to engage
with the outside world
only a luminous streak
of imagination to pretend
a mix of the original desire
of being free as well as being
contained against roving freely
without proprioception
the cicatrix is freely visible
to those who are emphatic enough
to care but tongue-tied to do more
MLMM's at Wordle#257
weejars at MLMM's Photo Challenge#382
Excellent verse Hank, I think we've all "Been Caged" to some extent but how we handle things are entirely up to each individual.
ReplyDeleteTake care.
Yvonne.
Some have been caged far too long.
ReplyDeleteCicatrix seemed new to me, but when i looked it up, i realized i had met it before. Nice write
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Yes Hank, you put your finger on something I here I really recognise - as ever, bold thinking and bold writing too...
ReplyDeleteI had to look up 'proprioception' - what a fascinating concept! I can empathise with that caged feeling, but sometimes I get too comfortable with it.
ReplyDeleteThank goodness for the wounded, thank goodness for the flawed, thank goodness for the empaths. Trying to imagine a world without any of them is unthinkable. Very thoughtful poem, Hank, one most appreciated by this imperfect vessel.
ReplyDeleteThis was really compelling Hank. I imagined someone newly handicapped and confined to a wheelchair. Living in a kind a prison, unable to be freely out in the world as they used to. I was left wondering wha5 had happened to them and why their world was upside down. 😢
ReplyDeleteThis is so amazing and I love the words....thank you for the definitions.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a deeply thought-provoking write, Hank! If only, we can manage to break through the cage. 💝💝
ReplyDeleteI always think there are ways to find freedom also being caged.
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