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Tuesday, May 3, 2016.
Anxiety
anxiety comes creeping
black shadow like ink
over snow
or it comes like a blast
shocking
everything in its way
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maybe it wouldn’t matter
if I were a bird or a squirrel
or a frog
all such a creature is built to do
is react
moment to moment
as if there is
no tomorrow
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but I do notice
I notice in one instant I am
no longer feeling OK
as I was an instant ago
no warning
no notice
nothing I can determine in
this current life of mine
that brought this ink upon me
—-
and nothing I can think or
do
makes it go away
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disturbed
a pair of wild geese
on high alert
honking
fly away together
—-
they feel what they feel
they deeply know to get away
there are no questions
—-
only I ask
why?
— Anonymous
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Wow this poem is incredible – I want to share it on another forum – but I also wanted to ask first and am unclear if it is yours, etc – just want to properly cite it, if it is ok to share…thank you!
Thank you – I appreciate your integrity in this request. Yes, I did write it, so (c) Linda Ann Lloyd Danielson – dated same as post, May 3, 2016 – just felt so sharing-in-common with others when the words came – so very, very much so!!!
Oh – yes – you are free to share it with authorship – thanks again!
Thank you (i can’t believe this is my first comment on here – I’ve read your blog for years and it’s wonderful.) I’m going to share and cite/link back here, thank you!!