Today is the final day of Just Jot It January brain child of LindaGHill‘s blog. I am a little sad I will miss the imputus of having to post. I have had a sinus and chest infection for 12 days now and having started antibiotics yesterday I have developed nasty side affects. Joint pains and weakness. So it is published or pass out! I am not moaning (well not too much) what I am saying I am duty bound to do Day 31 of #jusjojan.
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The Just Jot It January 31st prompt, brought to you by Lorraine of My Frilly Freudian Slip, is: “Detritus.” Use it any way you’re inspired to. And make sure you stop by and say hi to Lorraine as well! Here’s her blog: https://myfrillyfreudianslip.wordpress.com/
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Detritus: Acrostic Poem
Discarded and unwanted
Evicted from society not needed
Torn from comfort and home
Rent from parents left here alone
In fear they huddle, clinging
Together loneliness like pain stinging
Unloved, unwanted Detritus
Strewn upon life’s darker shore.
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Author: willowdot21
Female, wife, full time mother and Grandmother. I am not as happy go lucky as I used to be but I am still bubbling along on simmer! I have three handsome sons all grown and flown.The youngest married with a beautiful wife and two sons of his own. Back in 2010 I was working, running a home, driving and socializing then bang in a split second all that was gone. I had an accident at home. I broke my back, not for the first time, I had broken it 10 years previously as well. Unfortunately this time I had broken it really badly and it was truly messed up so I had to have two operations. I was told before each operation that the outcome could mean I spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair. Still as some guy once wrote "I am still standing " yes "better than I ever was " I no longer use the walking stick . I had lots of friends before the accident but when things like this happen, you loose most of them. Their lives move on and mine stood still and so they left me behind ...I know that is just the way life is but it hurt and always will. Then I looked around and saw those who were still there for me, these friends are the roses in my garden they need to be tended well. They are the diamonds in the dust. I will of been married 53yrs this comming year. I have found different ways to approach life, use my pain befriend it almost...yer right , well that is what they tell me at the pain clinic ROFLMAO ...... if only I could! I have found an outlet for my fears, frustrations and night terrors . I have started writing poetry if that name can be applied to my writing. I hope I do not come over as a moaning winger. I hope I am past all that. I also hope that you might see how the poetry is moving from very dark through the grey and hopefully in to light.
My back is no longer straight it is C shaped because of the injury and I have lost two and a half inches in height but my Pilates and Core teachers have helped me to stand up as straight and be as strong as possible. Pain and depression are still hanging on my arm but I have weapons to use against them and if I say so myself I cope well.
I have made lots of new friends, real diamonds. I am also very grateful for all the support and help I have encountered here on Wordpress. Hugs and welcome to everyone who visits.
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Great take on prompt!!!
Thanks Ritu I really did not know which way to go. xxx
It was tough but you did great!
Turned out okay 😊
Such a harsh subject but we are all mothers.💔
True!
Yes
Heartbreaking sad but well done, Willow. ❤
What a fabulous effort, Willow. I am sorry that your illness has turned nasty. Rest up and look after yourself! xxx
Thanks Judy ,it is a sad subject but one we cannot as mothers ignore. As for the infection I am doing all the right things I hope 🙂 ❤
Good! 🙂
Hope you feel better. Your poem is so poignant and all too relevant. Thanks for using my difficult word. I think of detritus as what we shed — emotions, lovers, personas. Society sheds so much more . . .
Hi Lorraine, it was an excellent Prompt to end the month on. I am feeling low so did not want to venture into the personal. It appears though I still managed to go dark. I do enjoy your posts too very much. Keep well xx
Dark is okay. Especially when you aren’t well, and neither is the world.
Yes we are in a terribly mess, the world and I . I hope to get better, I am not so sure about the world. xxx
Wishing you a speedy recovery, Willow. Take care of yourself.
xx
Thanks Hugh I am trying!