Wednesday, September 23, 2015

A Drop In A Bucket

The bullet rings
in the empty bucket
We watch
as they paint
the walls red
Some try
to repaint
in white
but red
is so hard
to cover
Some will break
their backs
trying anyway
We're all
just a drop
in a bucket
Trying to keep
our form
The day 
we choose 
to live outside
our limits
is the day 
we will 
be free

-September 2015

30 comments:

  1. Very true, Torie. Sometimes it is hard to shuck off those limitations. But it is the soul's journey.

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    1. It is the soul's journey, indeed. Thanks for making a visit, Sherry. Lovely to see you as always :)

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  2. A drop in the bucket may not whte wash anything, but it might save the day! Such a fine combination of images.

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  3. Oh yes, we do need to challenge ourselves sometime indeed. If humans always lived within their limits, perhaps mankind never would have flown across an ocean or rocketed into space.

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  4. P.S. Great to see you again, Torie.

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  5. I agree with the ultimate statement in this that we have to live outside the limitations put on us by others and even ourselves, at times

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    1. We truly do. That's the only way to be our true selves!

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  6. So true.. a person is bound by his limits ..and the choices he makes will determine how to set him free! Excellent write.

    Lots of love,
    Sanaa

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  7. Interesting observations, and your visual form looks like the drop falling.

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    1. I didn't notice that! Thank you making a visit, Rosemary :)

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  8. "The day / we choose / to live outside / our limits / is the day / we will / be free"...exactly...so wisely put...

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  9. Yes red is a hard stain to cover - it is a stain of hardship and truth..of suffering and living..and yet perhaps there is always hope of pushing past our limits?

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    1. I do believe there is, Jae Rose :) I appreciate your visit :)

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  10. Started dark but a bright end was in sight.

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  11. So nice Torie, to think of ourselves as breaking out of our perceived llmitations. I like your view of freedom.

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    1. Thank you for your thoughtful comment, Myrna :)

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  12. We never know what we can do until we try.

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  13. Nice. This resonates with me.

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    1. I love the feeling when someone writes something and I just get it. Glad to hear it. Thank you so much for taking the time, Sarah :)

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