This is my entry for Colleen Chesebroof The Fairy Whisper’s Tuesday Tanka Challenge. This week I have chosen another Etheree.
Fear
In the
Cemetery
Deep crawling fear.
The ground freshly dug
From the inside up, out
Something has escaped but what
Fright tingles the spine, draining blood
Petrified at the sight of the hole.
Fear for the fate of your immortal soul.
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. Eleven years ago 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 " not quite but with the help of a walking stick and as long as I do not stand or sit in one position for too long, I am still standing! Update 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 50yrs plus this year . Pain and boredom are my enemies now, I have to find 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 ?? I need to update this a little here. I have worked very hard over the years since my accident, I go to the gym regularly, I have a Pilates class and a core class once a week . The guys at the gym and my Pilates teacher cajoled, teased, bullied and encouraged me to abandon my walking stick! :) 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 as strongly 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. View all posts by willowdot21
Nice and spooky Etheree. Well done Willow.
Thank you Hélène xxxxx
Brilliantly spooky sis 👻
😉 thanks Sis 💜💜
An excellent poem, Willow.
Thank you Robbie what on earth will I do next month 💜💜
Reblogged this on anita dawes and jaye marie.
Thank you so much for the reblog 💜💜
That’s pretty creepy, Willow. Great for the season. 😀 ❤
It has been so much fun 💜💜
Me too. I love it. ❤
Woohoo 💜💜
Very Halloween spirited! 🎃👻
Lol 👻
🎃👀🤗❤️
This one gave me the willies!!😊
Pat
Lol that was the idea 💜
Hello, Willow! I love your Etheree. It has an eerie feel to it and the images do too. 😮
Thank you Vashi in October, I did a whole month of Halloween! 😉💜
Good for you. It’s so much fun. Have a great week!
Thank you, have a good week too💜
You too! ❤
Wonderfully crafted within the form. Not easy to do with fixed poetry
Thank you I do love poetry 💜
Me too. I’d love to do the December Form Challenge again but I keep forgetting until after Christmas. I’m wondering about doing it as a January challenge. A different form each day for the month.
I did that last year and enjoyed it 💜
I’ve printed off the 2018 list and I’m about to have a go at the Xiaoshi. If you’d like to have a crack at it too I’d be more than happy to tag you in mine when I post it.
I shall have to look that one but yes I would love to join in 💜🤔💜
Well let me know if you post one and I’ll add a link to it on mine. 🙂
https://caroljforrester.com/2019/01/01/welcome-breeze-an-xiasoshi/
Thank you I will 💜