Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
Fill your eyes with the budding
Potential of life as it bounds
To the surface, bursting forth,
A force to be reckoned, with a sigh
Of tremulous
Hope.
Fill your heart with the tenderest
New things, which will bloom
In your soul
Deep within.
For the dVerse quadrille challenge: fill
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She closed her eyes
And drifted,
Snug,
Through the safe haven
Of warm arms,
And dreamed of
Milk
And coos
And sun,
And all the smiles
That feed
Her heart
And mind.
For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Haven in 32 words
Photo: Amitai Asif
She flitted gently by his head.
The slight bow noted, the sorrow that was there
But perhaps not heard.
She knew he had to hold himself up
All this time
That it was the only way
He’d learned.
And yet she could discern the hidden
Effort that it took
To rise against the gravity,
In times where drought of hope
Returned
Again and again and again.
She understood the energy required for
Making the Herculean appear effortless,
To constantly correct
The wobble under
Winds and strain.
She hovered for a moment
Letting a space of permission
Manifest
Before she landed, feather-weighted and,
Delicate
On his chest.
For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Delicate in 106 words
Photo via Smadar Halperin-Epshtein
In the moments when your eyes
Meet
Under canopies of cloth
Or sun
Or stars,
And the world recedes to
Nothing but
Who the both of you
Are,
When your
Union
Seals with
Promise
Ringed with hopes and tender
Kiss,
May you both know
That you do
And that your love
Can nurture
Bliss.
For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Tender moments
Photo: Amitai Asif
Even in the frozen ground
Small wonders sleep
Ensconced
Awaiting
Tender tending.
For The Daily Post
Some communications
need no words.
The tenderness and adorableness factor of this video were just impossible to not want to share …
So glad these good people rescued this baby (even if they did at first think he was a girl … that’s okay … I don’t think the pup minded, with them making sure he was comfy and treating him ever so gently).
May tenderness lead the way.
May compassion to all being override hate, denial, apathy, and ignorance.
May tenderness infuse your heart
In every turn you take
May warmth envelope every day
And soften all your cares
May awe and joy flow in your soul
Like sunbeams in the air
May your see caring, everywhere.
It is already there.
Sharing a lovely story that touched my heart and underscores tenderness and care.
We often underestimate the ability of animals–especially wild animals–to make connections and to express compassion. When they display affection, it can surprise us. Every time.
Empathy, connection, and memory of sensitive care are often associated with apes and elephants, dolphins and whales, even lions, but not very often with giraffes … Giraffes are more commonly known for their vicious kick than for their tenderness for humans … Though here they are, ‘kissing’ and nuzzling a terminally ill zoo worker who cared for them most of his adult life. They recognized him, and in their own way these lumbering and potentially deadly animals, came to say a gentle goodbye.
Read the story at the Independent here!
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