Scheduled Conflicts
Challenge #5 You’ve Got Mail
Confirming Friday 18th at 2:00
The dead line
Where truth will be laid to rest
So that one could grow along the line
Heal and recover from the past
Mistakes that weren’t really mine
The acknowledgment, the acceptance
That I am not at fault
For the mistakes of others
That have haunted like ghosts in nightmares and in light
I know there will be tears shed
So that they can water the seeds of my future
Aromatic herbs and spices of life
But for now, I await as patiently as I impatiently can
For numbers to change and the day to come
When I will have to confirm what I already know, and speak it into reality
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For this challenge I took my most recently email which was from my therapist confirming our session this Friday. I based the poem around what I know I will need to talk about with her. Let’s hope for the best!
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This is the fifth challenge in James & I’s summer writing extravaganza which you can read about more below:
The challenge prompt is to start a story/poem with the last line of an email or letter you recently received.
This is like chain mail 🔗 though because you need to send this challenge to 3 other people!
Hope you’ll join us in this challenge.
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Oneg In The Arctic
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Comments (12)
Wow! That was a significant appointment. I have never been to one, but I think that I would like to do at least one session. There is so much to read on your page, I have to come back. I also have to write a challenge. Hope all went well.
Whoa! That was pretty deep! Hope it went well. Thanks for sharing. 💖
I understand completely, thank you for sharing this wonderfully written piece!
Honest and heartfelt poem 💖
This was really good! All the way through I was trying to figure out what was coming I did not guess therapy lol.
Really awesome, and a great challenge:)
Oh this was so brilliant. The details of your appointment and the things you'd be talking to her about. Very well done!
This was fantastic!!! Loved this!!!
"When I will have to confirm what I already know and speak it into reality" Your poetry is always so killer I love it, so cool.
Brilliant work Oneg!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
For me, it's every other Wednesday. Today was the day & my computer decided it needed to update during our tele-med, cutting off my mike until the update was complete. Fortunately, it only took a couple of minutes. Still aggravating.
I really like this! Now I understand the challenge. I'll attempt to write something. Thank you.