WALKING? NOTICING ~ PEERING REFLECTIONS The inner compass swivels, NORTH, SOUTH, EAST OR WEST, do I go? Rapidly the gaze scans like a robot, Compartmentalized cubbie holes marked by numerous labels, Walking through a human maze, The frame slows to a stuttering pace, Emotions arise like smoldering smoke, The sweetness and bitterness of current events, A film strip unravels; sounds boom: screams, delightful laughter, pain, and sorrow merge Proportions are shifting; the impact as it occurred, Pliable dimensions, just wanting to be caressed, Craving for attention, "Choose Me," Zooming and pulsating like a cinematic screen, Creatures huddled in dark corners, Little ones, reaching out their tiny hands, Fragrance wafting from freshly pruned roses, An empty swing, rocking backwards and forwards in the omnipresent breeze, Cradled and nurtured memories, are they mine or of an ancestral being? Swirling portals call the recipient's name, Echoes ping-ponging around my personal space, Changing shades of respective energies, Mimicking the brain's frequency and intercepting the mind's eye, The determination to allure, with false promises, and all that glitters, Ancestral and past lifetimes flash like lightning rods, I imagine growing roots in the Earth, grounding my vessel, Tendrils of vines reaching for Gaia's love, The luminosity of her crystalline heart brings a motherly embrace. Did I make the right decision, or was I taken in by the humdrum of the surrounding world? What's done is done; I won't let past choices lead me astray; the world is my oyster, and I will not be defined by yesterday! WRITTEN BY ASCENDING UNIVERSAL BUTTERFLY🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋