By Design

July 26, 2020July 26, 2020Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Meditations, Muse and Flow, Poetry, Reflections Tags: Being Human, Bigger plan, Creative writing, Design, kindness, Life Lessons, Meditation, Poetry, RDP, Sunday Stills, Understanding, Writing prompt 27 Comments

Photo by Aditya Wardhana on Unsplash

Perhaps it is, really,

By design

Where we are born

And how we live

And how and when and why

We die.

Perhaps it is

By fate,

That we can love

And we can laugh

And dream

And struggle to let go

Of hate.

Perhaps we’re each

A stitch

In the tapestry

Of an overarching

Plan,

(That we do

Or do not

Understand).

Yet still the truth

Remains,

That our strength is

Bound to fail at

The weakest

Thread.

And that we each have a

Part in

Whether we

Mend

Or shred

The possibilities

Ahead.

For RDP Sunday: Design

And just for fun, also for Terri’s Sunday Stills: Yellow

Blue Earth

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Meditations, Muse and Flow, Photography, Poetry, Writing Tags: All is One, coping, Earth, Earth Day, hope, humanity, Life Lessons, Mother Earth, Photo Challenge, Photography, Poetry, Sunday Stills 16 Comments

Photo: Na’ama Yehuda

On this Earth Day

As we are all

One,

Cooped in

Holding on,

Blue around the fingertips

Blue around the lips,

Blue in oceans, and

In the reflections of the deep,

Blue in sorrow

Blue as sky lift

Dark sapphire

To the reified aqua

Of hope.

May we rise

Like the sun,

And not forget how

We can

Help each other

Cope.

For Terri’s SundayStills: Earth

Favorite Place

March 22, 2020March 22, 2020Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Meditations, Muse and Flow, Photography, Poetry, Reflections, Writing Tags: Beach, Breathing Space, Calm, Current events, Favorite, Heartbeat, Memory, Ocean, Photo Challenge, Photography, Poetry, Sunday Stills 8 Comments

Photo: Na’ama Yehuda

Of all scenes

And joys and sorrows,

Of all the steps

And breaths

And sense,

There is the ebb and flow

And stillness,

That makes this

Movement

My heart’s

Place.

For Sunday Stills: Places

Small Staple

March 15, 2020March 15, 2020Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Good stuff!, Meditations, Muse and Flow, Photography, Poetry, Reflections, Writing Tags: Childhood, Food, Forage, History, Making do, Malva nicaeensis, memories, Nourishment, Photo Challenge, Photography, Poetry, Sunday Stills 18 Comments

Photo: Na’ama Yehuda

Small and humble,

It fills bellies,

When there’s no

Choice of grain.

The green leaves,

The tiny fruit,

Pantry for

Times of pain.

For the Sunday Still’s challenge: #Close and #Green

A Slice Of The Big Apple

March 8, 2020Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Good stuff!, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Writing Tags: Apple, Delicious, Iconic, Just for fun, New York City, Photo Challenge, Snack, Sunday Stills, Symbol, The Big Apple, Yummy 16 Comments

Sliced apples

Sometimes the core of the issue

Can find growth in the yard

But the meat of the matter

Is what you must not discard …

Note: New York State is known for its apples. Also, New York City is called “The Big Apple” … with multitudes of people wanting to have a slice of that apple for themselves … So, though the photo may not be the ‘traditional’ way of portraying the ‘apple-appeal’ of the City, I’d like to think you’d agree that at the very least it shows it in a very digestible manner … 🙂

For the Sunday Stills photo challenge: State/City symbols