Today I am being gentle with myself.
My cup runneth over,
With the fears and doubts,
The anxiety and regrets,
The slights and misunderstandings,
Of all those I have been around.
I am a giant sponge,
Who has absorbed their energy.
Now I am alone,
In quiet space,
To let it all out.
So perhaps then,
I can be refilled,
By being with those,
Who have the vitality for living.
Here's the challenge - compose a poem each day for one year, that reflects my agrarian life. On our hobby farm on the edge of the Monaro my husband Matthew and I raise children (I have eight, though only five remain at home), sheep, goats, chooks, piglets, a milking cow and her calf, fruit and vegies. To support this enterprise I teach in the remotest school in Victoria - if anywhere in Victoria is truly remote.
Showing posts with label Sensory overload. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sensory overload. Show all posts
Friday, 1 January 2016
Tuesday, 6 October 2015
Losing Connection.
It is only when either of us lose sight of the other.
The bond is broken,
For just a moment....
Together,
And we are in the throws of a sensory maelstrom of touch.
But I am full to over flowing.
And I lose sight of you.
I am alone.
And that is when the demons,
Of overstimulation leak out,
Through these tiny cracks.
I re visit the sensory conglomeration,
That is my overstimulated life,
Breakdown,
And cry.
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