Shari's Telling Stories » moving forward http://slstellingstories.com A little poetry, a little prose, from Shari Lynne Smothers Sat, 07 Apr 2012 17:23:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The Work of Forward Motion http://slstellingstories.com/2009/12/the-work-of-forward-motion/ http://slstellingstories.com/2009/12/the-work-of-forward-motion/#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:43:14 +0000 Shari Smothers http://slstellingstories.com/?p=2544

Once bitten twice shy
is the adage that flashes
on the walls of my thoughts.
And lately the neon words resonate,
as are made manifest and stolid
my ever-present collected hesitations.

It’s me on the verge
I see out there
close to losing everything
comprehension
competence
basic faith in my own ability
to do things
completely familiar to me.

Stepping off into Twenty Ten
aiming for changes to
return me to familiar things
put away years ago
causes unreasoned trepidation
and makes me know

It’s still necessary to guard
even possibly rail against
the screaming defeatist naysayer
living in my head.

©2009 Shari Lynne Smothers

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