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Avoidance  

senfully 55F  
609 posts
12/2/2020 11:42 am
Avoidance


Paraphrase of a quote from James Baldwin:
One's writing is a reflection of one's private life. The writer can only reveal to the world what he is willing to face about himself.

Avoidance
written November 29th, 2020

There are things in my life
that you know are present
only by the lack of light illuminating them.

This is a tendency
I come by honestly
as my father was a master.

My frantic avoiding
creates voids in my world
that turn into black holes
sucking everything towards them

until that which has been avoided for so long
that thing I would do anything to erase
becomes the primary theme in my life
what energy I have is spent maintaining
the dreaded void.

We are defined by
what we are
what we do
and by what we avoid.

Where do I want to spend my energy?

senfully 55F  
443 posts
12/2/2020 11:54 am

Some poems are more poetic than others. I've been trying to write each day, or revise something I've written. I also write down when something I am reading seems interesting. Now I have pages of ideas and pages of poems. It sort of amazes me that I am writing again, and how much is in my notebook. Better in my notebook than tumbling around in my head lol. Thank you for reading.


hippiechick1967 60F  
13154 posts
12/2/2020 1:43 pm

My therapist said stuff is coming up for me because the mind gets tired of avoiding it as we get older. Why not blog about it, hash it out, and try to put it behind you? That's what I did with most of my demons.

Elevate me...


senfully replies on 12/2/2020 4:56 pm:
Avoidance is one of my main coping strategies, but most any coping strategy has it's strengths and weaknesses, as we all learn. A lot comes out through the poetry. Some I post, some I don't. Things come up, and things settle back down. I do think about writing a memoir almost, sometimes, of prose and poems. Maybe that would bring more peace.

donsv1962 61M

12/2/2020 2:08 pm

Very well done.

I want to take you into the fiery lair of steamy sexual delight on this hot sultry night.


scoupe42 60M

12/2/2020 7:17 pm

I like poetry too.


MrWrong4RghtNow 57M
2439 posts
12/3/2020 3:05 am

That’s the best outcome possible for you. Writing down ideas and feelings and thoughts no matter how random.

I grew up in my own world as a way of coping with the nightmare that was my childhood. My imagination never shuts down. That has its downside but I work with it

Please keep up the great work!

My name is MrWrong and I approved this comment


senfully replies on 12/3/2020 9:10 am:
I grew up in books lol. It doesn't show does it? Always had a book with me, they were my escape and my adventure. Hadn't thought about the imagination as being a similar kind of escape. In the past I've journaled, and it often felt like just writing the same things over and over. My poems can get to be the same way. The same themes come up, but I get inspiration from all over, so there's always a little different. When I'm upset, my poems are much less poetic. I find both useful, the poetic ones, and the ones just getting stuff out of my head.

So now we both write. Along with so many others.

69ereatwetpussy 61M
6774 posts
12/3/2020 4:30 am

A void the unavoidable
Move on to you next challenge
Fear not your past for that is over
Go though that black hole
Hope for a. Better time and space
We are only here a short time
The world has so much to offer
Even in a small place like you
To be afraid hold you back
Take that first step like the first man on the moon
See where it takes you
Open your eye and your .mind
Free your soul.........
Xoxoxoxoxo enjoy your day the best way you can.


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