pocket full of poesies

if someone turns down

everything you have to offer

with repeated nonsensical

and erroneous excuses...

.

your active choice

not to deal with them,

protect your valuable time,

and maintain

healthy boundaries,

is a reasonable reaction...

.

while they must choose

whether they want to face

personal accountability

and the consequences

of their choices

and actions...

.

now

or later

.

~ @pocketfullofpoesies , healthy boundaries might hurt other's...feelings.

the duck

that is not vigilant

is a dinner duck

.

~ @pocketfullofpoesies

proximity

is not the same as

presence

.

~ @pocketfullofpoesies

the last thing

i remembered about you

was how every time

i reached out my hand

to find yours,

you pulled away

like i was a stranger

trying to

steal you

.

~ @pocketfullofpoesies

every word

we say

every word

we don't say

.

these are lessons, too

.

~ @pocketfullofpoesies ~

i have met

several

power couples

this week...

.

all focused on

*we*

.

how we are doing

how we look

how we go forwards

how we operate

.

what we focus on

what we work towards

what we want

what we don't want

.

let me help you

i appreciate you

helping me

let's do that together

we're better off

as a team

.

more ideas

more thoughts

more resources

more creativity

more patience

more strength

more resilience

more solutions

.

when one's reserves

are depleting,

the other's reserves

are a back up generator,

keeping the lights on

and the show rolling

all night long

.

all of the projects

they never would have

attempted on their own

they've dove into

head-strong

and heart-happy

.

no it isn't perfect,

but the value they found

and continue to place

in one another

* shines *

above any

and all troubles

.

i make you

a better you

you make me

a better me, too

.

i work on myself

you work on yourself

and this is the bond

that doesn't break

under any kind

of pressure,

internal

or external.

.

* we serve on another *

.

in the rock world

they are not sedimentary,

breaking apart easily

under the pressure

.

and they're not

the explosive igneous kind

all rager silica volcano

with pent up pressure

hiding deep below

ready to mar the surface

with one big blow

.

they are metamorphic,

stable and readily able

to take the heat,

good under pressure,

the diamonds

in the rough

.

they are the igneous,

low in volatile compounds

building, building

slowly over time

mounding their successes

one at a time

.

think of hawai'i -

a gentle 14,000 feet

above the ocean floor

with 20,000 more

still to go below

.

power couples

are not showy,

they are not money

or overly wealth focused -

but attuned to details,

and best possible

outcomes,

all for their life

together

.

no acting,

no fakeness,

family comes first

.

they are people

who value other people,

are able to reach out,

to trust, to protect,

ask questions of

and give respect,

don't let pride

break down the engine

of moving forwards,

talk the other up,

show the other off,

and see and fill a need,

ask questions, stay curious,

give their gosh darn best

even when at their worst,

knowing what they give

to the other

gives back to them

one hundred fold

.

~ @pocketfullofpoesies

when the lights go out

the nightlight comes on

.

this, too, is a metaphor

.

~ @pocketfullofpoesies

turn down my affection

my giving, my caring

turn down me...

.

that's how my brain

is wired

.

and you'd certainly think

that could be easily

understood

.

as your brain isn't wired

any different-ly

.

~ @pocketfullofpoesies , bulbs from different packs

men

insisting on

doing everything

themselves

is not attractive

or strong

.

it's ego, pride, and fear

rearing their toxic sides

.

maybe

these traits

alienate men

from their sisters

and brothers

to such an extent

it costs them

their health

their golden years

and ultimately

their lives

.

~ @pocketfullofpoesies

if money

and a hard time

are all you have to offer me

i'll be on my way

as money doesn't move me

and i already give myself

a hard enough time

as it is

.

~ @pocketfullofpoesies

every specific example

maybe should be looked at

in a broader background

context...

.

~ @pocketfullofpoesies

am i doing a great job

at being misunderstood

or are you doing a great job

at misunderstanding me

?

~ @pocketfullofpoesies , probably a bit of both with two brains involved

i'm not here

for what i take

when i die

i'm here

for what i get

when i'm alive

.

~ @pocketfullofpoesies

.

from forest

to frying pan:

a royal flush

of yummy fungi

hanging out

on a maple log

after the rain

.

~ @pocketfullofpoesies , wild oysters

.

keep rocking

and rolling

along

my friends

!

~ @pocketfullofpoesies , michigan = rock collector's dream come true