The Last Stretch
Season’s end
yet still they strive
even as
the sunlight dies
Petals spread
to catch the rays
attracting bees
for a list minute snack
in hopes that
pollen will spread far
and spring will start
a brand new spark.
creative writing
Gideon’s Challenge
The Escape
Can’t we just
run away
and hide
in the tall grass,
making shapes
out of clouds
all day
and watching
the world
march on
while we play?
Photo © ZenStatePhotography
Gideon’s Challenge
The Air Has Changed
Although
the heat remains
for just a bit longer
the flavor of the air
has made a definite
shift towards fall
with moisture
in the earth
and the musky odor
of decomposing leaves
hinted at
in each breath.
Photo © ZenStatePhotography
Gideon’s Challenge
Multitasking
Unfortunately,
sometimes
there’s just
not enough
time in a day
to get
everything done
that you want to do
if you choose to
take each task
one thing at a time.
Miss Luna feels the same way sometimes, it would seem.
Photo © ZenStatePhotography
Weekly Creativity Prompt – Cookies
Pull (at least) three cards use them to tell a story about a child that befriends the monster under their bed.
Daddy always told me that there’s no such thing as monsters under the bed. He said that I’m a big boy and I should act like it, and that it’s all in my imagination. That if I’m determined enough, I’ll forget about the monsters and they’ll just go away. (Strength atop The Chariot)
I really did try. You see I even started sleeping with the light on, and put bells on the floor under the edge of the bed, and had teddy guard me from the chair beside the bed and everything. All these changes should have made the monster go away. (Death)
You see… the thing is tho? My monsters don’t stay under the bed. They come out and wander around the room! They growl and slobber and their glowing red eyes always feel angry, their sharp tipped fingers like daggers and just as dangerous! (Emperor and The World)
Momma had a different idea. She said that instead of working to kill the monsters like Daddy said I should? I should be kind to them. She told me to think of how horrible it must feel for all the children in the world to be so scared of them all the time, and how lonely it must be. (Adjustment and The Empress)
She told me to take a chance, and be nice to the monsters. That sometimes? Even the most horrible people just need to be given a chance to show that they have another side, but that it takes someone special to see beyond the scary parts and bring that other side out in them. (Fortune)
So I got some cookies and I waited up one night, worried and trembling in my bed until the monster crawled out of the dark space beneath my bed and started shuffling around. Then I sat up in bed and said hi! I offered the monster a cookie. The monster was so surprised and happy! Now each night I stay up just a little bit past bed time so that we can visit. (Aeon)
It turns out that the monster’s not so bad after all, and his sharp long fingers are really handy! He can pick up berries with them! And he even picked the lock on my treasure box that I’d lost the key to! I’m not scared of the monster under my bed anymore… now? We’re friends, and I feel safe because I know he’s watching over me while I sleep. (Art)
DECK USED: EMANUELLE TOMATO MINI TAROT 2020
Gideon’s Challenge
No More Heat
Here comes the sun
do dun do do…
Blech blah blah.
Wet and rainy
cloudy skies.
This is home
and perfectly right.
Summer sun
is not for me.
Give me rain and moss
and peat.
Another heatwave is headed in. The last handful of days have been so nice, with lots of cloudy skies and rain, the earth has become spongy and soft again and the air is filled with the cool humidity that soothes my lungs.
At least this upcoming heatwave looks to be relatively short.
Twisting the Leaf 