Tag: daily-prompt

Long Live the Peculiar

lizaaitken

What is peculiar really, something odd, not in line with the norm, strange, different to what is expected anyway. I love difference, celebrate it and go out of my way to look for it in life.

Why do so many people want things to be just right, want today to run how yesterday did and the day before and last week. Why is it that people ask a question, knowing the answer, because saying something different will throw a cat among the pigeons for sure.

Think about it, somebody says ‘How are you’? and the automatic response is often ‘I’m fine’. I try to grab those words back as they leave my mouth but they are out before I know it, as I’ve been programmed like that. I’ve said it at the doctors in a consultation, I think it’s actually very stupid that they ask you how you are when you walk in the door and catch you out like that. After we’ve said fine, it’s so much harder to say how we are really, well just as a beside maybe, or just not say.

We are all peculiar, we are all different, not one of us looks the same but we try our damnedest to look like everyone else, to stand out in a crowd for some people is just peculiar, I say do it with gusto!

In the world of the ordinary everything is the same, bananas and tomatoes are the same size and talk is small. There is no talk of the curious or unexplained as it’s just weird and all the flowers in the garden are beautiful.

But look closer at nature and see nothing is the same, the oceans, mountains and each individual species, there are differences all over the place, huge differences and subtle differences but no two things are exactly the same. Even those things that come from the same mould are different in that they are placed in different spots, think about it.

I love being peculiar, a little different, outspoken and sometimes a little challenging. I always try to be kind, not because it’s expected but because it’s part of who I am, I want people to be happy and feel loved but I won’t say or do things I don’t mean.

For a large part of my life I tried to fit in, wanted to be like everyone else and didn’t want to be seen as different in any way. However, I always was really, the differences still showed, at work I rose quickly to senior management, I thought a bit different and spoke out. At home my tastes and decoration, an eclectic of all the things I love and my friendships can be described as a group of wonderful and different individuals who talk, think and explore. If you’re a friend and you’re reading this, yes you are special and different and it’s your difference I love, as quite honestly a lot of people bore me to death.

Long live the peculiar I say!

~

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The Peculiar

lizaaitken

I beg you, give me the peculiar,

the odd and downright mad.

Don’t bore me with the ordinary,

as for me they are so sad.

I like my people on the edge,

those strange and in-between.

Those I find extraordinary,

they live through their dreams.

I love the odd and the off beat,

as they do not compromise.

That I’m somewhat odd myself,

will come as no surprise.

~

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Overcome with Emotion

lizaaitken

 

I was overcome with emotion,

overwhelmed by the sentiment.

Astounded by the message,

for my birthday you lovingly sent.

Yes you brought me giggles

and you added so much to my day.

The poetry you penned for me,

well it certainly blew me away.

So I’m returning loving wishes,

for a birthday as special as mine.

To a very special blogging friend,

your writing is just so divine.

~

For my lovely blogging friend Stella aka https://simpledimplesite.blog at Giggles and Tales blog whose birthday it is today. I hope your day has been as special as mine was yesterday, which was made even better by your lovely post xxxx

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Not Ever Finite

lizaaitken

The possibilities out there are infinite,

not finite in any way.

There’s always something coming up,

in surprises every day. 

It’s just a matter of having awareness,

being open to truth.

Seeing beyond the boundaries of time,

to be a bit of a sleuth.

Recognising what you are given today,

being open for more.

You were placed here to achieve success,

treasure is in store.

Just think of the spiritual being you are,

finite is not a word.

If you came here with a hidden purpose,

limits are so absurd.

~

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I Watched..

lizaaitken

I watched myself walk out of the sea, I watched as I drew closer, a mass of water but indisputably me. I recognised myself and recognised the others that also walked from the sea, not as people I knew, but as beings all the same.

The sea was rising up to join the land, the sea was coming home to join us. We could do nothing but watch as the sea walked on in.

I met myself and merged as one with the sea, I became whole. I understood that I had been part of the sea all along, my need to be beside it was because it was part of me. The sea was not just a body of water it was alive, living and part of all of us, the part that we left behind at some point in the past. For the first time in my life, I felt complete, I felt awake and I knew.

How long had we been separated, lifetimes, since land broke away, lifetimes since we were truly ourselves. Why parts of us had left was unclear, but they were home, we were once again ourselves. We could feel as the water spilled in, feel as it flushed out the forgotten, feel as it replenished.

People continue to walk from the sea, they flow into land in search of themselves.

~

This was my dream last night, I look out to sea today from my balcony in wonder!

Ooze

lizaaitken

He would so like to ooze charisma,

and to stop people in the street.

But he really isn’t that special,

whoever it is he’s trying to beat.

He has a mighty big ego you see,

as he thinks it’s all about him.

There’s those who smile to his face,

but still think he’s pretty dim.

He thinks he exudes intelligence,

but there is very little there.

When anyone shows any interest,

it is just their trying to care.

If only he would put others first,

or at least just once in a while.

It wouldn’t really hurt him much,

if he could only attempt a smile. 

😉

 

To Leave You in the Lurch

lizaaitken

I didn’t mean to go away,

or to leave you in the lurch.

It’s just I needed time for me,

I’ve moved to a new perch.

Yet another move in a year,

I found it took it out of me.

I needed time to find myself,

and a space so I could see.

I’m now I’m back for a bit,

as I’m off to France in days.

I’ll try to send you updates,

you know I won’t stay away.

~

My attempt at today’s daily prompt word was an apology for being absent, not because I haven’t been updating my blog but because I’ve missed so many of your posts.

I moved again and I think it took it out of me a little this time, I needed a little space for me, to adjust to my new surroundings and sort some things out. I don’t think it was such a bright idea to move between the partial and full eclipse, let’s not forget the opening of the Lion’s Gate either!

I imagine a few people have taken time out, it’s been a funny time, lots of energy and emotions flying about but I’m hoping it will settle now.

Anyway I’m sorry I have missed your posts, I will do my best to catch up with them over the next few days while I’m away.

It’s good to be back 🙂

 

Symphony

lizaaitken

From rain that gently patters,

to calling of men to prayer,

The wild rushes as they blow,

leaves that scatter there.

Tinkling of the wind chimes,

the children as they play.

The rattle of their scooters,

birds at the end of the day.

Oh there’s the sound of silence,

just listen if you can.

To the symphony of nature,

mixed with the world of man.

 

 

 

~

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Foggy

lizaaitken

I’d always rather a sunny day,

but there’s a certain something to fog.

The way it wraps around the trees,

when out for a walk with the dog.

Shapes it makes as it moves along,

I sometimes see figures with faces.

The fog and me, we get along okay,

I can put up with it in most places.

But when it comes in from the sea,

as a sea mist that is most sudden.

I’m furious as it’s spoiling my day,

it really does push all my buttons.

Far out on the horizon it moves,

in just moments it’s on the shore.

A foggy day at the seaside’s not on,

it had better not come anymore.

😉

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Toothbrush

lizaaitken

She turned the toothbrush away from hers, she didn’t want the bristles meeting. Those bristles that touched his mouth, she didn’t want them touching hers.

She thought back to when they first met, how she had loved everything about him. she remembered watching his mouth as he ate, remembered how it looked so beautiful, so warm, so tender. But that was then, all those years ago, before the words were spoken, before those words of hate left his mouth, left both their mouths.

They stayed together now for the children, well for Charlie anyway, as Faith had left home now. Shacked up as she was with Jack, in love as she once was herself.

She thought about their toothbrushes, she wondered if they faced each other, was this a sign of lasting love, could you tell from how toothbrushes were placed, the state of a relationship. It wouldn’t be long now until Charlie left for university, another year and she would be free. They had agreed that they would wait for the children to leave, give the last one a year to settle.

She picked up her shopping list from the night stand where she had left it the night before. Glanced through the things she needed to buy and took a pen from her bag. New toothbrush she wrote, in bold letters.

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