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NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – J is for…

Poetry from A to Z *
(* NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge)

J is for… Jettison
~ by Laurel Regan

(Pssst… new here? Welcome to Alphabet Salad! For background on how and why I got involved in both NaPoWriMo and the Blogging from A to Z Challenge, check out this post… and, if you’d like to catch up on my progress to date, my challenge posts are tagged with Poetry from A to Z. Glad you stopped by, and hope you’ll return!)

Blogging from A to Z April (2010) Challenge - J

this precious, beautiful life
far too fleeting to waste
a moment
fretting over opinions
tongue-biting in case of offense
striving to reach an unmeetable ideal

it’s long past time for a sea change

illuminate murky mind-corners
cluttered with emotional detritus:
paralyzing fear
crippling guilt
binding shame

sweep it up, decisively
toss it all, permanently
throw open the windows, joyfully

to light
to love
to rebirth

spring is here

Are you participating in any April challenges?
Please share!

Blogging from A to Z April (2015) Challenge
NaPoWriMo 2015Ultimate Blog Challenge
NaBloPoMo April 2015

Laurel Storey, CZT – Certified Zentangle Teacher. Writer, reader, tangler, iPhoneographer, cat herder, learner of French and Italian, crocheter, needle felter, on-and-off politics junkie, 80s music trivia freak, ongoing work in progress.