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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Day #25 - Theme: "Releasing on the Exhale"

#25. "Releasing on the Exhale"
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5 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 13, 2010 at 7:28 PM

    The video was nicely done, Joshua!
    Your Karma Free Writing Prompt Program has been so rewarding.
    I feel like I'm writing from a much deeper place inside myself.
    I am also discovering such delight in the process & the stories that pop out! You have given me a new discipline that I will enjoy for years to come! Thank you so much.

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  2. caroApril 13, 2010 at 8:49 PM

    Releasing,,
    yes, releasing that, which no longer belongs
    that, which one no longer has need for

    Strange,
    The autumn colours
    How they seem to convey
    the ongoing changes
    The ever colourful
    budding pulp of those before

    With ease and essence
    the falling leaves
    grace our steps
    with beauty beyond

    Fortunate are those
    that tread on

    Fortunate are those
    that recognise and forever float
    on that essence
    that perfect essence of love

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  3. Skull SwingerApril 13, 2010 at 9:21 PM

    One afternoon after 4pm, we sat in his room. He told me two stories...One about the night before.

    An oil drum.

    A fire in the oil drum.

    A gang of men.

    Drinking together.

    And her mouth…getting in the way.

    She pissed all of these guys off. He had to physically remove her. But she kept coming back for more. Eventually he told me that he hit her.

    With the back of his hand he said.

    And his ring caught her square.

    And chipped her tooth.

    He was visibly shaken as he sat telling me. I did not want to hear this. But he told
    me more…

    The next tale was a story of accidental death. Accidental or on purpose, when someone gets hurt by your hand, you should probably stick around. Somehow he had worked these things out in his mind. Somehow he found the courage to tell someone, to beg for someone to listen.

    I could see him shaking more now.

    He was visibly upset and unaware of what to do.

    He asked me what I thought.

    I was too stoned, too young, and too stupid to give anyone advice.
    But I may have said, “This is now in the past.”

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  4. Janet MaykusApril 14, 2010 at 5:19 PM

    Write a secret we were told.

    Write something no one but you knows.

    I thought, and I thought, and I thought, and I realized that I do not have a single secret that I keep to myself. Nothing.

    I've told everything to someone.

    I find this problematic.

    It seems that in order to have at least a somewhat interesting life, that there needs to be at least one secret. One thing that can and probably should be held back from everyone.

    I don't have anything.

    I've done things I should be ashamed of. I've done things I wouldn't want my mother to know about. I've said things I've regretted. But I've told all of these to someone.

    I know I'm an extrovert. I know I talk a lot. I know I reflect on my life a great deal. But I'm appalled that I am this boring.

    Secrets bother me, maybe that's why I don't have any. I'm not very good at keeping surprises either. If I buy a present for Christmas in June, I always give it away by July.

    But secrets are different than surprises. Secrets hold shame, fear, embarrassment, reluctance, and danger. Seems that if I had some untold secrets I might have tales of taking off to Singapore without a dime, or having a lover in Chicago, or a beautiful ring that I swiped, or ......something.

    I can't even say that I'm secretly embarrassed about telling every last dot and jittle of my life....I've already done that.

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  5. shoegirlApril 14, 2010 at 6:57 PM

    I have a great secret. That I love keeping as it has to do with someone else life. I do appreciate keeping a secret. This one must be a big secret for the two or more people involved in it. Well I can certainly keep this a secret until they want it out in the open.

    Thanks Joshua :.)
    I am so grateful I have got to read so much great writing and share a little of myself.
    Lots of growth here for me. Thanks again
    Blessings

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