pocket full of poesies

dearest @emipoetry,

.

thank you for using

this vocabulary word

that maybe others

do not know...

.

(from...)

(encyclopedia britannica)

.

commensalism, in biology:

a relationship between

individuals of two species

in which one species

obtains food

or other benefits

from the other

without either harming

or benefiting

the latter

.

☝️example☝️

.

pilot fish

swimming alongside

a whitetip shark

.

now,

apply to world

apply to experience

apply to poetry

and let your mind

run wild

.

(oh...)

(and reread poem above!)

.

thank you

and all the best,

.

~ @pocketfullofpoesies

.

.

.

(pretend you're a little kid from the '80's opening up your great big ol' encyclopedia britannica to get you a good dose of yumyum information!)

dearest WNRS,

.

it gets heavy

and

you take it out

on other people

.

(usually your loved ones)

.

without them knowing

it has nothing

to do

with them

.

~ @pocketfullofpoesies , un-in-tend-ed dis-conn-ec-tion

no one tells you

this will be your life

( this is your life )

.

~ @pocketfullofpoesies

curiosity

answers more questions

than judgement

.

~ @pocketfullofpoesies

how often

do we react

instead of respond

.

~ @pocketfullofpoesies

when you're trying

to stay in your lane

but there's a tractor trailer

load of frozen pizzas

spilled all over the highway

and everyone

switches to your lane

trying to get a piece

of the action...

.

~ @pocketfullofpoesies

someone i loved

once gave me

a pile of shit

.

it took me

years to understand

that this, too, was a gift

.

(compost it)

.

~ @pocketfullofpoesies , thanks for the inspiration mary oliver; gal pals forever