Far Away, I Am Free

Dear J,

LOL, I suppose she would at that. Thank you for having my back and giving me just the right amount of kick in the ass. But I’m still telling mom you did something. I don’t know what it is yet but I know you’re up to some sort of mischief 😘
H🌷
(Thank you for the RL)

I hardly know what to say other than it might be time to change your delivery in music as it's what you know best.  Damn the classical and rigidity, plug in a keyboard and go dissonant.  I've always seen jazz as the breakaway planet from classical.  A few years ago I saw Vj Iyer in a trio that knocked my socks off.  Yes, Honoria, your discovery might be right in front of you waiting to rooted.  As a road salesman I never wanted to get to my customers the most direct way, I wanted to see the other roads that took me there, many a new customer was forged with taking chances  ..

My apologies if I strayed from your message  
You are one of my favorite people and I pine for your awakening !!

Dear PS,

First, you don’t need any apologies here. You haven’t strayed from the message and even if you did, so what! 😊
And you’re right. Time to mix it up. Fusion-ize the music. I’ve checked out Vj Lyer. His stuff is amazing. I’m getting back into some of the “hair” bands I loved as a kid. Shaking it loose as it were (but carefully, my back, knees, neck…). Totally love the idea of taking the roads less travelled to get where you were going. The adventures and people to meet can truly change an outlook and that suggestion has not been lost on me. I am so touched by your lovely comment. It has carried me these past few days. Thank you for the nudge forward and the RL list. Xo
H🌷

Let’s be roommates Honoria ♥️ I feel you on every level in this piece sweetheart😘
Loves you Jackie xo

Dear J,

LOL! Can you imagine the damage we could do as roomies?! The hilarity! Thank you for such an uplifting comment and the RL add. I really appreciated this. Hugely! Xx
H🌷

Dearest Honoria, it’s Funny, I feel 100 % the same. Like where can I go? Of course if a person is financially set the possibilities are endless. For someone like me, well, the question remains unanswered. I will say, getting a part time job is opening new doors that may lead to my freedom. Of course there is still Gloucester Massachusetts on my horizon!
Maybe i can get lost in the sand 🦀🐚
Imma text you
Loves you sis ♥️😘
Jackie xoxo

Dear K,

A sigh of recognition to read this. You are a sage and calming presence in my poetic world that I greatly appreciate. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. It will carry me forward. Thank you again. H🌷

Dear, H  
You're a once in a lifetime type of heart that sees much and feels even more. I can say that I understand, but you already know how sincerely difficult for anyone that is, even including yourself. So, I'll say this: You're not alone in hoping and questioning the figuring of it all out, proof resides in the enormous range of loving and thoughtful replies you'll end up with, here. Take these glorious heartfelt transmissions and power-infuse yourself whenever doubt or any potential miscarriages of justice against you, occur. It's like having a secret weapon against one's own worst emotional pitfalls. ;)    
My adoration, respect and love for you runs concurrent with my own blood flow.  
I gently send out my most genuine wishes of peace, hoping like hell for you to see all that I do when I look your way.  
 
Your bravery is breathtaking, dear lady,    
Thank you for showing us  
🌹B  
x

Dear S,

I’ve started and deleted my response to you several times because it doesn’t feel what I want to say. I’m touched and overwhelmed by this outrageously beautiful comment. Your thoughts and compliments don’t feel just. I don’t think I deserve this at all. That said I’m very grateful, so flattered and humbled beyond compare. I love your suggestion of taking these beautiful replies I’ve received from all you gorgeous poets and implementing them in my world to move forward. You are a font of wisdom. Thank you. Thank you for this lovely comment. Thank you for your constant encouragement and support (you must be exhausted with this) and thank you for the RL list. My eternal thanks! Xx
H🌷

Hi H:)

Even when lost - you're still in it amiga. I so hate that feeling of being lost
and helpless - but only for a minute. You have a wonderful support system here.
You can always reach out to me or any of the many people who adore you:)

Loved you're opening - you set the tone up brilliantly into self reflection
and the struggle of writing poetry. We all can relate.

And FYI - SIRI is the devil. Don't listen to her. Always mishearing everything:)

Dear A,

Agreed. Feeling lost and helpless is the pits. Punching my way out is tiring but it shows me I’m not helpless. I can do it. And I do it with the beautiful support from all of you who are so generous, supportive and wonderful! Thank you for your kindness and RL list. I’m really touched. And SIRI is a b*tch! She only listens to herself. 😘
Thank you!
H🌷

We love that other message of over the rainbow, here our pain knows and identifies with us. Our pain finds it to easy to find it's ways back home, Tight work Lady

Dear IIM,

Thank you for this amazing comment. I love the idea of over the rainbow and our pain finding it’s way back to us. This is the perfect place to share and hash it out in poetic therapy. Thank you kindly for your read and wonderful comment. H🌷

Your depth and passion shows in your writing always. This another masterpiece but it pales in comparison to you. I know how dreams can become twisted and warped but I am certain of one thing, you are someone's best dream. To share that dream is beautiful and I hope you will come to understand that more always. Your glass should always be full. And if it's empty then the world will never get a tip for such poor service. I hope your next steps take you in a direction that is worthy of you.

Dear K,

I’m breathless by your comment and compliment! “You are someone’s best dream” is the loveliest compliment I’ve ever received. How do I even start an appropriate response? Thank you alone seems so sparse. I’m taking very seriously your fantastic acknowledgement of a direction that will suit me best. Awesome thought! Thank you forever for your sweetness,  kindness, constant support, insight and RL list. Xo
H🌷

You have made my day so much brighter with your deeply heartfelt reply. Your response is the best reward. So I suppose that answers your question. :) XO

This is so vivid. I wish you well.

Dear L,

Many thanks for your read, RL add and thoughtful comment. I really appreciate it, greatly. Thank you very much once again. H🌷

As long as you come back to here.  
I'm going to start throwing rocks at your window!  

I feel this write of yours so much so.  It's a bane of a feeling for men as well.  When even an easy smile is a victory.  
But everything good starts with that smile.  

Dear S,

Well then let the good times roll because your lovely response has put a smile on my face. I really like that thought- everything good starts with a smile. You’re right. I’ll always come home to roost. Especially if you’re going to throw rocks at my window. Thank you so much for the RL list and props, I’m very grateful to you. H🌷

Yeah, this piece resonates.  I can say that forward is better than back.

LJ

Dear LJ,

I concur! Forward thinking forward marching. No look backs. Thank you so much for your kind comment and generous RL list. I greatly appreciate it. H🌷

First: sending hugs, because this write seems to want them. 😊
Second: it seems to me that the grind in existing is proportional to the expectations of HOW we're supposed to exist. Damn those expectations!! Especially the self-inflicted ones. You're already perfect & loved.
Third: wherever you go, just make sure to take us all with you. As I already pointed out, you are so loved.❤️ We've got your back.

Really lovely writing. I felt this.
❤️k

Dear K,

First, if I could take all of you with me I’d finally have the utopia I’ve always dreamed of! So hell to the yeah you’re all coming with me!
Second, I’m taking those cyber hugs because I never refuse hugs! That’s just good policy!
Third, expectations! Damned curse is what they are! They’re never met, always too high and always assured to be a disappointing failure. You have the crux of meaning behind this. I had the audacity to have an expectation. I was a fool. Not the first time, sadly wont be the last.
Thank you for having my back and catching me each time I fall. I honestly think it’s why I keep getting back up. ❤️
H🌷

you will find your path Honoria

Dear A,

Thank you, I believe I will but it’s a comfort and privilege receiving such kind and loving responses. H🌷

Well isn’t that a kick in the perceptions, the opening couplet is a real gut shot,

I don’t think any of us really do know where to go, especially in todays plastic world it’s easier to survive, harder to live.

Thank you for the poem

Dear N,

I appreciate this insight of easier to survive and harder to live.  I hadn’t thought of it in these terms and yet it is precisely so.  Thank you so much for your read and and great comment.  I’m really grateful to you. Thank you, again. H 🌷

Reading this was like getting hit with a bucket of ice water in the morning, wake-up call. Many of the things you speak of I too have felt. Although not from a woman’s perspective. : ) The opportunities lost or wasted.

Regarding maps, I still pull out the maps for a distant voyage. Easier for me to grasp the big picture and surroundings than looking at 3” x 6” installments on my phone.

Not knowing where to go. I find it much more difficult to get on a path now if not having an idea where it will end up. There is sadness in that.

I enjoyed your poem, even though it hit close to home.  Your poetic lingo is very vibrant.

Dear DV,

I really dig your analogy of the bucket of ice water.  That’s wonderful. It was interesting to me to read you have shared thoughts on this very subject.  Not that I want anyone else to suffer this situation, it was a small comfort to realize I wasn’t all alone.

As for the good ole’ fashioned paper maps, I love them but never learned to understand them properly to use for travel. And you’re right they offer such a fabulous way to see the topography of an area.

Thank you very much for your kind comment and generous RL add. I’m so flattered and very grateful. H 🌷

The first stanza just set the tone for the entire poem. It flowed greatly.

Dear S,

Thank you very much for this lovely comment.  It’s great to see you and I’m so happy you stopped in.  Thank you again. H 🌷

It's interesting this juxtaposition of a young girl and grown woman, comparing the dream/nightmare side by side. It's also intriguing that even as we grow old and have more experience on our shoulders, it still becomes difficult to make decisions not knowing where to go.

Outstanding write. It really is thought provoking and relatable.

Dear W,

Thank you kindly for this lovely comment and insightful take on that elusive question of where to go no matter what age and experience has taught. I really appreciate that comparison as I hadn’t looked at it from this pov and how accurate it is. Thank you.
H🌷

Dear DK,

I’m blown away in solidarity to your kind and thoughtful response. The poem link you left is outstanding and similar in questioning our purpose and what is the end goal in store? Thank you so much for bringing that to my attention. I couldn’t agree more that the mind is such an uncomfortable realm to navigate. Overwhelming on a good day scary on the others. The process is exhausting, but I think you already know that 😉.
Thank you again for your lovely comment and poem, and thank you for taking this into you RL list. I’m very touched and extremely flattered. H🌷

Ah!Forget Siri,forget maps,forget direction!Just get lost!I have faith you will find your way back with a sigh of satisfaction; "Oh! What an adventure!"

Dear P,

Fantastic. You’re right. Just go and be free. Great advice. Thank you very much for your read and kind comment. I really appreciate it. H🌷

Dear H,
Wow! What can I possibly say that someone hasn't already said? Your poetry is amazing just like you are. Thank you for sharing your wonderful work. I am most appreciative like so many other members are. You have a beautiful soul, dear friend!

Dear F,

Well you could knock me down with a feather with this lovely comment and generous RL add. Thank you very much dearest lady! I’m grateful forever by your constant support. H🌷

Dearest, Honoria🌹
I am deeply moved by this piece. It saddens me to think of what may have been...what I imagined life would be. But in so many ways my life has turned out so much better and worse than I ever could have imagined...if that makes sense? I wrote a poem for my parents 50th anniversary. Although I had a traumatic childhood, I chose to write about all the good times we had and there were many. That sort of .count-your -blessings excercise really helped me put the bad into an acceptable perspective.
I am trying to learn to fulfill just the dreams I have for the day. You really make me think, my dear goddess poet. Thank you💖

Dear GW,

Writing about the “count your blessings” good times more than aptly makes sense despite a challenging childhood. It’s what makes us who we choose to be. Staying within the confines of the day we’re given is the best way to achieve the wonder of Dream fulfillment. I strive to do similarly. I can’t claim to always be successful but I think I get partial credit for the days I fail to stay entirely true. I’m very appreciative for your raw truth and lovely response to this write. It is the shared human connection in that which makes this whole thing worth while. H🌷