Impossible April 30, 2012
Posted by nrhatch in Art & Photography, Mindfulness, People, Poetry.trackback
Insistent caller
Leaves message after message
Is she stalking me?
A shaky night’s sleep
Wondering and worrying
Hidden springs taunt me
Teen angst swirls around
Blanketing me in a fog
Thirty years absent
Stop! I’ve had enough!
Why not mind your own business
And leave me to mine
Angry words erupt
amid mounting frustration ~
time for a time out
Too late . . .
Her irate silence
speaks loudly, impossible
not to comprehend
Aah . . . the calm AFTER the storm.
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Spirit Lights The Way 
Nancy, can I assume this last photo was taken between 1:PM and 2? And perhaps closest to 1:30?
You sound like Sherlock Holmes . . . “It’s elementary, my dear Watson!” 😎
I spent a week in Florida some years back, and every day, almost on schedule, it would rain like crazy for about a half hour around 1:30 or 2 PM. I thought it was a special effect, to tell the truth.
Good deduction! We left DeSoto park at 2:15 because of the threat of rain. I snapped these shots just a few minutes later.
So, the rain was (ever so slightly) “behind its time.” 😀
I loved this. Totally beyond my ken, these creatures are exotic to a homely soul like me! 🙂
I’m not sure if you’re talking about the birds . . . or the drama queens in our midst who are prone to ruffled feathers. 😉
Here’s to be “unaffectedly natural.”
The birds, Nancy; drama queens reside here too 😀
Yup. I see them everywhere. 😛
I love the beat of a summer storm. They make everything intense for a concentrated burst of time.
We’ve really enjoyed the storms down here . . . but would prefer to avoid Hurricane force winds. 😯
your home is close to mine, we just recently moved from florida back to our home state because of my brother’s medical problems. i recognized those skies right away
The skies can be imposing here . . . but the sun soon shines again. Best wishes to your brother. Be well.
They is what they is, Nancy. A common denominator not of your ilk.
Thanks, Amy! I’m “bossy” at times . . . but rarely “pushy.” 😉
We had an insistent caller. She left a lot of messages on our machine while we were gone. I returned her call when we got home. She thought we were a medical office.
Hope your night is peaceful.
Thanks, Christine. This caller was NOT a wrong number . . . but we made “peace” with one another.
I love the calm after the storm, but would prefer no storm at all.
Stormy days help me appreciate sunny days. 😎
I avoid “relationship storms,” if possible . . . unless someone is too insistent about what THEY think I should do. I don’t enjoy getting backed into a corner.
Sometimes humor works: What part of “NO” don’t you understand?”
With some people a peaceful solution is impossible and you have to (gratefully) settle for silence
Indeed! We have different ways of managing conflict. Unless it’s something that will matter a year from now, I tend to retreat . . . if they keep yipping and yapping at my heels, I “bark” back. 😀
Exactly
Hmmm… I read this as an argument between a daughter and mother. Whatever the situation, I’m glad peace was made 🙂
Close. Definitely conflict of the familial variety. We have a “cease fire” firmly in place. 😉
Your words intrigue me, Nancy. Like jannatwrites, I read it as communication breakdown between mother and daughter – but maybe that’s due to my personal experience – as both daughter and mother? The term ‘irate silence’ speaks volumes!
I didn’t write this about my mother, but I could have: Once upon a time, in a land not-so-far away . . . 😀
My mother mastered the art of the “irate silence.”
Yours and mine both, Nancy – and my daughter appears to have inherited her skill, with me sandwiched between them. Once I realised that I slid out and left them not talking to each other! 🙂
That’s perfect, Jacqueline! I don’t enjoy being bossed around or manipulated by the moods of others . . . far better to remove one’s self from those situations.
Aah . . . that’s better!
I love the look of a stormy sky!
I took these photos a few weeks ago as we returned home from a DeSoto National Memorial ~ the approaching storm grabbed my attention.
Intriguing journey and lovely photo’s, Nancy – glad peace was made 🙂
Thanks, Naomi. Sometimes a “Cease Fire” is required . . . when we realize we do not see “eye to eye.”.
I’m so glad you clarified that your insistent caller was not simply metaphorical, because I can relate. Drama Queens…oh yes indeed! I think my struggle comes with so wanting “it” to STOP that I end up accommodating bad behaviors just to tone it down. Of course you know how wise that is. LOL! Your skies are beautiful…even with the storms. I love them! Debra
Yes!!! I used to accomodate them . . . even if it meant doing something that I did NOT want to do. It seemed “easier.” Until one day, It seemed easier to say, “No, that doesn’t appeal to me.”
The response . . . shocked silence! 😯
i love it when nature cooperates to provide a backdrop for a moment, or two, in my life! well done.
Those storm clouds rolled in with majestic fury . . . and left in short order. 😀
The photos are a beautiful,creative way to express your emotions. May the storms turn to sunshine!
Thanks. I enjoyed tossing this post together for Sidey’s theme of “impossible” ~ a picture book approach to poetry. 😀
Some don’t understand the need for space or that some need more than others – enjoyed the accompanying photographic illustration of the build up to the ‘storm’
Thanks, BB! Some insist (in actions, if not words) that there is only one right way to interact with the world . . . THEIR way! 😉
I’ve been wanting to share this panorama of stormy skies ~ a perfect pairing for the relationship storms we weather in life.
Oh, I read this as an undercurrent between two people, and the indecision about whether or not to address it, or just let it pass. In the end, the storm passed, but what transpired in between can be the most defining thing about a relationship! Nice post.
Your insights are quite close, Janet. At first, I chose to just “let it be.” But her insistence prompted me to change my mind.
As Elizabeth Bennet once recognized: There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me. ~ Elizabeth Bennet, Pride & Prejudice, ch. 31