Photo: Amitai Asif
A new shoot
Pushes forth.
A reminder
Of the tenuous
Exuberance
That turning
A new leaf
Holds.
For the Wits End Photo Challenge
Beginnings
Month: July 2018
My Neighbor’s Bike
Photo by Afta Putta Gunawan on Pexels.com
My first bike
Was a neighbor’s bike.
“Too many hills,” my mom had said
As if topography in any way diminished
The accelerated thrill
Of legs off pedals
From the top of the rise
To our street.
There was no arguing
Or vowing to share and never fight.
We knew her words were code
For “we cannot afford.”
But my sister’s friend across the street
Did have a bike
And with it the absolute power to dispense
Rides, routes, direction, and duration.
There were no training wheels
To ease one in.
There was no question of admitting
Complete lack of experience
And risking an evaporated offer.
So it was guts and trepidation
A stranglehold on the handlebar
And the utter exhilaration
Of flying.
For Cee’s Share Your World Challenge
Share this:
Find Your Métier
Maybe it is healing
And the saving of lives,
Or the wonder of teaching
And forming young minds.
Maybe it is farming
To nourish and grow,
Or building the homes
For the shelter we know.
Maybe it is writing
Putting words to the page,
Or any vocation
That forms our age.
May it be that whatever
Strums your soul, fills your need
I pray that you find it
And its call you will heed.
Merriam-Webster’s word for July 1, 2018:
Métier
This post continues the blogging challenge in which Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day, serves as inspiration a-la the “Daily Prompt.”
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Share this:
Aladdin
Photo: Osnat Halperin-Barlev
Did Aladdin forget you
On the shore
Of this lake,
Or did he just land
For a quick dip
To take?
For Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge
Share this:
Summer Sigh
Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
Summer afternoon
Where city hum
Turns breath of waves
And
Children’s voices
On the surf.
Na'ama Yehuda 
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