Poetry from A to Z *
(* NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge)
Y is for… Yes
~ 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!)
as is my recalcitrant wont
when presented with
opportunities that might involve
risk
work
sacrifice
i always demanded
a rationale:
why should i?
as was your impulsive spirit
when presented with
contrariness in the form of
life-limiting
knee-jerk
negativity
you always countered with
a question:
why not?
it began to sink in
i listened
swapped my go-to default
NO
for an optimistic
YES
and watched my world
transform
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Twitter: ellytreehugger
April 29, 2015
Sometimes it’s a great idea to change life-limiting, knee-jerk, negativity as in a ‘NO!’ response to ‘YES!’ when presented with opportunities. 🙂 As you say, it might be life-changing! 😉 I wrote in part on ‘YES!’ …. http://www.xpressyouressence.blogspot.ca/2015/04/a-to-z-challenge-y-is-for-yes-yearning.html <3
elly stornebrink recently posted… #A to Z Challenge: Y is for … Yes! Yearning for Yourself!
Twitter: alphabetsalad
April 30, 2015
Life-changing can be a very good thing!
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Twitter: writercat
April 29, 2015
Love the positive message in this poem. I fight against that knee jerk, life limiting negative stuff whenever it comes to putting myself out there and taking a risk where I might fail. When I can get past that, it’s never as bad as it seems and I might even succeed! Good one!
Twitter: alphabetsalad
April 30, 2015
It’s never as bad as it seems – SO true, Cat!
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