November 2016 – lizalizaskysaregrey

Faded – DP (2)

November 30, 2016 lizaaitken

Those silhouettes in the frame are faded now,

nearly out of sight.

Only a mixture of greys today,

where once they were black and white.

The necklace you wore on your wedding day,

just a pile of pearls.

I remember it hung round your tiny neck,

catching in your curls.

I see your handwriting on paper,

but can’t hear a voice anymore.

Listening to your favourite opera,

while focussed on keeping score.

Your fading out of my life dear,

while I’m trying to hold on tight.

Please visit with a small reminder,

come into my dreams tonight.

Daily Prompt – Faded

Faded – DP

November 30, 2016 lizaaitken

The light of the day is fading,

cows are coming into rest.

Leaves on trees now withering,

Autumns done it’s best.

Music passes from a distant car,

dwindling into the night.

I watch it as it drives away,

then it’s finally out of sight.

My memories have faded now,

growing fainter by the day.

One day I suppose they’ll vanish,

simply by melting away.

My hair has lost its colour now,

my eyesights getting dim.

There’s roundness to my body,

where I used to be so slim.

The skin on my face is looser,

hands once strong are weak.

Not many an afternoon now,

where I won’t be found asleep.

Time has come to just fade away,

leave this world to the young.

I think of you, our memories,

back to where our love begun.

You are still so clear in my mind,

I still dream of you each night.

Each moment we spent together,

every one such a delight.

Pondering on these thoughts of you,

I can really feel you near.

My heart makes a little flutter,

as you are so very dear.

Now I see you walking up the steps,

you’re holding out your hand.

I know you’ve come to escort me,

to those eternal summer lands.

Response to The Daily Prompt – Faded

Culture

November 30, 2016 lizaaitken

I didn’t get to write about culture yesterday but my son did so I thought I would share his fantastic take on the Daily Word Prompt.

SovietCola

As Terence McKenna said in this interview, “Culture is not your friend.”

I know, I know. How can I have a go at culture? What’s culture ever done to hurt me? Why aren’t I thankful to culture for providing me with such a rich and varied, erm, culture?

It’s easy to paint culture as some kind of essential framework, without which all the rich bounty of Western civilisation would turn to ash and be taken by the winds. But that’s the thing: our culture has a vested interest in ensuring that your conception of ‘culture’ is a positive one. It would be considered quite the faux pas to instead characterise culture as a form of bondage to which you never consented, which serves only to exclude and to characterise the foreign as ‘Other.’

The very word itself, “culture,” finds its etymological root in the Latin ‘colere’, a term…

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Apple Pie

November 30, 2016 lizaaitken

Not all the apples that go into the pie are of the same tree. Different aspects of ourselves, when joined together, can create something truly wonderful. Such is the pattern of life when we blend energies together.

~ Liza

Nature Lessons 98

November 30, 2016 lizaaitken

The pathway of a the flower is clear, from bud, to full bloom to decay. The flower continues to grow, moving through all these stages of her life in absolute beauty. Does the flower already know her path, is she connected to the eternal source when she reaches up to the brightness of the sun, is her life just a small part of her journey home. Be the flower in life, accept and relish each moment for what it is, knowing that it is all part of the eternal journey.

~ Liza

Seeing

November 30, 2016 lizaaitken

The reflection in the water shows us only what we wish to see. We see with our eyes and mind only what we allow ourselves to see, everything else we hide. To look outside of ourselves in honesty, we need to do so without fear or ego and accept that everything will become clear to us at the right time.

~ Liza

Nature Lessons 97

November 29, 2016 lizaaitken

The pathway might be challengingly times, frost may cover the hard earth and the outlook might appear bleak. If however, we change our outlook and look towards the light, we might just see untold possibilities. The next step will remain covered until we are ready to see it.

~ Liza

Vigour – DP

November 29, 2016November 29, 2016 lizaaitken

With vigour I’ll move forward,

maybe a with touch of vim.

Take a big step to the future,

where a new life will begin.

Enthusiasm is vital now,

I have to keep my spark.

Needing strength to see it through,

I want to make my mark.

Packing up my life in boxes,

rolling up my sleeves.

With vigour I’ll move forward,

just make it simple please.

In Response to The Daily Prompt – Vigour

Tides of Change

November 28, 2016November 28, 2016 lizaaitken

I’m going through a difficult phase in life at the moment, you might or might not have noticed, but this influences what I write. The structures around me are falling away, the tides are changing as is what I once trusted and my priorities, I’m changing from the inside out. But I retain hope, I believe there is something out there just waiting for me to discover it.

I know this change is the culmination of a number of difficult years where my experience of grief and loss led me to a point of reevaluation. I’m not the same person I was five years ago, not even the same person I was a couple of days ago. Things are moving fast for me now, I’m changing by the moment. It’s an anxious time, but I’m trying to breath through it, hold onto my beliefs that everything is as it should be. I’ve been here before and I did make it before just as I will again, that it’s a little harder this time is just evolution.

I believe life only gives us what we can manage, and although I’m not always sure at the time I will manage I have incredible resilience. I have wonderful friends and family who provide the support network I need. Some friends, I’ve begun to realise, are not what I once thought, but others feed my soul. Bloggers I’ve met on here have been so supportive, I hope that I am also able to help in the same way, I try to inspire just as I’m inspired by you.

I’ve discovered nature, I have a deeper connection somehow through looking at the messages nature gives me. I share these as I hope the messages might mean something to others. Colours are brighter, feelings more intense, everything is changing but I think it must be for the better.

Nature tells me everything is going to be alright, the world will go on spinning. Seasons will come and go and in some way there will be an impact on the environment, land will change shape, cliffs will erode, rivers will dry up or widen but they will continue to lead to the sea. Life in all it’s glory will continue as it should.

Nature Lessons 96

November 28, 2016 lizaaitken

A flower might get burnt by the elements, weather conditions such as wind, sun, rain and frost may cause it damage dependant on where it is planted and what challenges life presents it with. We can also get burnt in life on occasion just like the flower, but like the flower, it does not always mean the end. We can continue to stretch ourselves out and grow, we have at our disposal the power and strength of spirit to do this. Ultimately those difficult episodes in life can act as a blessing, if we can just gather ourselves up, treasure and focus on what we have left.

~ Liza