Near the Line

a while back
with tilted eyes and monikers
whilst tippy toes clod-hopped
she discovered 
quite unobtrusively
that quietly
with no pomp 
the circumstance of near arrival
of a large marking of time
spent judiciously 
on a daily basis
was fast approaching
the fear of success
or the idea of achievement 
hobbled her
almost instantaneously
so much so
that all regular habits
died on the spot
* * *
still
the roots live
deep and strong
whether near some invisible line
or not
and new sprouts and shoots
are bound to grow
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After this post we have 10 more posts to reach 1,000. And each of those days a single effort is all it will take to re-kindle the habit of the Daily Napkin.

What is Bravery?

With butterflies inside
heart up in the throat
 
She climbed up 4 stories
on steep, slippery shakes
 
Shaking in her tennis
quaking in her resolve
 
Still, she stayed to close up 
the peak – the very top
 
Birds singing all the while
soft breezes blowing in a storm