Augusta: part of the Cape to Cape Track, looking out over the Indian Ocean.
Restorative Paths
Slowly I register the pressure of days,
and count the weight of strictures and structures
that nurture my resentments
of expectations inbred,
and dreams no longer coloured,
rather, depleted in a monotone of surrender,
to a life once imagined,
and now corralled.
But then I shake the melancholy with vigour,
by setting out along new paths,
roads never travelled,
much less planned,
and yet, roads that hold me as
I weary and doubt,
roads that restore me and
where I rediscover my wholeness,
my readiness,
to reengage a life.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul,
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I love these lines ”But then I shake the melancholy with vigour, by setting out along new paths, roads never travelled, much less planned, and yet, roads that hold me as I weary and doubt, roads that restore me and where I rediscover my wholeness, my readiness, to reengage a life.”
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Winnie, thank you so much for your reflection.
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You’re welcome!
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Life does have a way of corralling us and altering dreams. It’s good to break loose
and go exploring.
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It sure is, thank you Sandy.
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Welcome, Paul.
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Love this 🙂
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Many thanks
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ouch this is a reflection of life now I suspect … hang in there!
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It has been, I feel, the busiest two years I’ve had in a long time. But there have been those trails I’ve walked which are indeed restorative, thanks Kate 🙂
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and you’re doing a great job thanks Paul 🙂
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“the pressure of days” – i love this line
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It shrugs at the heart!❤
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wow, thank you
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I love this hymn to starting over and finding new pathways to explore
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Thank you- I love the “hymn” too, lovely describer.
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Beautiful structure and concise use of words
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Wow, thank you for that
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Thanks for the follow back!
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Thanks for the follow too 🙂
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yes, somedays easier to break free than others.
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Yes indeed
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I do like this, Paul. Echoes of Robert Frost? Would it be stronger (open, ambiguous , intriguing) if you omitted the last line?
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Many thanks Ted, you picked me well, yes Robert Frost- I think one of my main influences in matters natural, I was really taken by his writing at the age of 14, much later than others I’d read and enjoyed, but not like Frost, or Muir, Berry, Eliot, who stand out for me.
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The joy of reading poetry is the discoveries found between the lines.
You say the unspoken, eloquently.
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A high compliment indeed, many thanks for the encouragement.
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You’re very welcome.
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Words like windows to your soul a insight to your inner world
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yes, Very Much a window to the soul
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