A to Z Writing Challenge - G for Gasp

Gasp

Not long ago

Our ginger cat

Smart-Blue

Decided he couldn't

Make the move

To our new house

After a lifetime

Of over 13 years

Happily travelling

Even internationally

On the last day

In the house

He elegantly

Lay down

Centred himself

On a pillow

And breathed

His last breath

We really cannot say

How many breaths

We will take

But we struggle

And fight for more

And more

Frightened

They will run out

Before we are ready

But really

Each breath we take

Is a miraculous gasp

Gifted to us

Moment by moment

No need to fear

It is all planned

If we let go

At the end

We can be as peaceful

As our cat.

8/4/20

A to Z Writing Challenge - F for Fun

Fun

Are we allowed

To have fun

As the world

Is in crisis?

I find myself asking

This morning

Under my tree

Doing yoga

In the sunshine

I turn on my back

And look upwards

Watching the magpie

Above me

Watching me

And warbling back

I can't help laughing

At how absurd

I must look

With my tail

In the air.

7/4/20

A to Z Writing Challenge - E for Embrace

Embrace

As a detail-eyed autistic

With sensory overload

I tend to hide in my small space

But that is not always best

For my system

When I go out into nature

Remove the hunch from my back

And allow my heart to expand

To the horizon

That is when my senses relax

And I say

The world is a safe

And gloriously happy place

And I can embrace

All its possibilities

5/3/20

A to Z Writing Challenge - D for Dread

Dread 

I have autism

With executive functioning problems

Going to the Drs

Is hard work for my brain

There are all the germs

And all the procedures.

Because we are currently homeless

In another town

This time my visit

Is to a new Dr

With new procedures

And to top it off

There is the virus

Get procedures wrong

And you get fined

Or die!

Oh and I am taking

My two sons

One with OCD

And I have shortness of breath

Due to asthma

So no pressure!

I arrive with dread

Holding my breath

As I walk through the door

Masked

To save them from me.

I was met with smiles

Kind words

Accomodations

The nurse was a ninja

With the flushots

Chatting quietly

The Dr -who is Doc Martin-

Was relaxed and careful

Renewing my lost scripts

I put in a special

Unknown place

During the move.

I made it to the chemist

With minutes to spare

Before closing.

Had help

Following their new rules

And came out triumphant

With new asthma treatment.

I feel like I have sat an exam

And passed

And if we don't get the virus or flu

It will be an A!

4/4/20

A to Z Writing Challenge - C for Community

Community

One thing I love

Is New Year's Eve

When I get the sense

The whole world is perched

On the edge

Of the new year

Celebrating

The same thing,

At the same time.

I am connecting

Into this sense

Right now during the crisis

To help me see this time

As a time of immense

Togetherness

All the way

Around the world

We are acting

As one

How rare is that?

This is a precious time.

3/4/20

A to Z Writing Challenge - B for Boat

Boat

I am watching

My boat

On its trailer

Waiting

In the rain

Remembering

Those days

Not long past

When we whirred

Up the river

Floating over seaweed

Banging and bouncing

On wind induced waves

Feeling the spray

Soak its seats

Hearing the motor

Roar in the sunshine

The world was free

And we were amongst it.

We are all dreaming

Of our lives

And when they return

We will treasure them!

2/4/20

A to Z Writing Challenge : A for Absence

Absence

I woke

To a power cut

Sudden silence

All machine noise

Stopped

The whir of the fan

The refrigerator hum

And the sudden choking

Of my husband

As his c-pap

Cut out

Slowly the natural sounds

Filtered in

A kookaburra's laugh

Chuckling through

The open blind

And then the power

Came on again

I felt relief

And the ceasation

Of my brain meanderings

About fridges

And solar panels

And batteries

I realised how

Tied we are

To that slim line

It became powerful

In its absence

1/4/20