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Journeys
Every conversation is a quest two people enter
from opposite directions to converge at its center.
The hard part of the journey commences with their greeting—
an intricate endeavor not completed with first meeting.
With each new associate, we visit a new land.
With each conversation, our horizons expand
into lands exotic, tragic or entertaining.
Perhaps enemy territory—often with no training.
Do we take umbrage with their words or enter, unprotesting,
the world that they offer—experimenting, testing
new mental mountains, jungles where vivid birds might call,
beckoning us onwards, or do we meet a wall
that offers us no access—sealed up, rigid, cold—
closed to all explorers, nearly obscured with mold?
What journeys do we offer ourselves to those we meet?
Do we offer easy access or promise sure defeat?
Life was designed for journeying. Daily, new vacations.
Some conversations novels and others mere quotations.
Some trips an experience you wouldn’t choose again—
just another whistle stop on life’s commuter train.
The prompt words today are quest, umbrage, intricate and associate.
https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2019/01/16/rdp-wednesday-quest/
https://fivedotoh.com/2019/01/16/fowc-with-fandango-umbrage/
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2019/01/16/intricate/
https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2019/01/16/your-daily-word-prompt-associate-january-16-2019/
Wonderful photos! You are a lucky woman!
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Judy, Much to think about here; most importantly, for me, each and every one of the people I meet, either by choice or by chance become a small part of me and my stories. Adventures into the unknown, regardless if it is good, the bad or awkward. Thank you, for sharing your wonderful blog. 🙋
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Thanks, Photoart! Is your name Connie?
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Yes it is.
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What fun pictures! Love the “whistle stop on life’s commuter train” line – quite profound!
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Great pictures and they help tell the story.
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Thanks, Michele.
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The poem and the pictures are perfect together.
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Thanks, Marilyn.
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