Sitting Duck

Like a sitting duck

many thoughts?

or

none at all?

time will tell

for now

like a sitting duck

isn't so bad

not bad after all...

Morning Scent

Morning scent

fragrantly perfect

body next to mine

that of Springtime

outside my window after a night of rain

birds fluttering about

in the background

sweetly waking me

from even the heaviest of slumber

could but one, such as I, even fathom

such wondrous love as this

without a word spoken

lyrics carried--breath after breath

such a natural state of being

closed lids

all that gaze back at me

nothing taken

nothing given

still

soul overflowing

God's own before me

without expectation

or limitation

smile permeates my face

eyes now open

curtains dancing

was it all but a dream

Or

did I just wake from reality…

side note:  3 years and 8 months today and not a drop to drink, thanks be to God

Or...

Something came to me when I woke from a brief nap the other day. I have been kind of setting with it wondering why this phrase, being I have never heard it used before but, I think it makes semi-sense now (in the flow chart of my mind):

     [The context surrounding this statement spoken to me was I was upset that the parents of the person who was picking me up refused to even come and see this individual before we drove off. I was adamant it was not okay and quite vocal with these parents as I scurried to get ready, running late, as this individual was parked and waiting for me and my main concern was this individuals irritation at my tardiness and my not wanting to make them irritated and the lack of help from these parents was frustrating additionally. As I got in the car grumbling this individual stated this phrase as a 'I just realize']

            "you didn't kill the rose with the hose but you did cut it from the tree."

Now let's break this down a few ways; was the hose drug across the tree? Meaning intent to water something perhaps not even that rose bush/tree? Or was it the flow of water from the hose that took it from the bush/tree? Was water even a factor? Or merely the means by which we know water to come from? Could the hose have been putting out a fire, hence, extinguishing something else? Thorns, what about the thorns, were there any remaining on the one cut from the tree/bush? Thorns can be both protective and hurtful…

Water..: in the Thursday voices this was often a symbolic meaning of baptism. Water as we wash our hands even symbolic...or even watering a rose?

Rose…: Generally equated with love? Nature? Rose of Sharon? 

Now it is not killed coming off…: Still life? Mistake? Let it go?

Use of a hose…not a blade...

Hose…: Not thought of as dangerous. Thought to be means of water…water.

Intent to water? Had watered? Neglected water? Will water…will place in water?

No death. A live tree or bush. Singular rose. Cut. With a HOSE?

     Could this be telling me something so deep?? Intent vs. Impact?

     Could this be telling me something about my own biological life? Nature vs. Nurture??

I will chew on this today as now I am Spiritually energized to contemplate this! I hope you will also, as well as, all those you interact with in one way or another--a contemplative paying-it-forward, if you will...

Or could this be just half awake jumbled words heard from the TV in the room???

"God be with you 'til we meet again; loving counsels guide, uphold you, with a Shepard's care enfold you, God be with you 'til we meet again"...Amen!