Five Minute Friday – Page 3 – The Very Cranky Mummy

Mind Games

Five Minute Friday identity Poetry shadow self

April 7, 2017

Not enough.

Whispers communicated through

streaked benchtops

piles of hastily stacked

crockery

Windows dotted with

evidence of living echo

‘clean, erase, perfect’

…

Not enough.

Resting is lazy, dwindling the

minutes as if they were a luxury

‘What did you accomplish today?’

‘Why didn’t you

go there, be that, fix him?’

Furious scrubbing

Drown the messages

in spray and wipe.

…

Not enough.

Hasty reactions, slips of the tongue

Decisions made then regretted

Missed moments, head buried

in distractions

Words that sting, hang

in the air

Desperate attempts to reclaim

swipe hopelessly through their

translucent effigy

…

Enough!

My cracks are my beauty

the flaws – my softening

Moments spent idly

invested in invisible

castles

Chaos – the evidence of

thriving

I will myself to sink

into that shimmering

reality

instead.

This post is inspired by the Five Minute Friday writing challenge. Each week I join with this talented group of writers, free writing for five minutes in accordance with a prompt. Today’s prompt is ‘enough’.

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A Muted Call

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Surrender

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Evolution

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The Current

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If You Lecture And You Know It…

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After the Fall

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