(Un)welcome Visitor
when fear visits,
what do you do?
shut that door,
keep it away…
to avoid
a(n unwelcome) guest
come to stay
or say hello
how are you today?
let it help
face another day..
let it spark
the fire in you
— vidya tiru/ladyinread
For ABC Wednesday‘s letter V and for dVerse’s prompt of using the word ‘visit’ or any form of it in your poem. Running a day later than usual for these prompts. Holiday concert season at the kids’ schools and other stuff that came up meant change in plans.
Love the illustration and the visitor you’ve chosen. Fear does visit every one of us….I believe it can be a motivating factor as well as freezing us. Staring fear in the face can sometimes be exhilarating! As you write, “let it strike the fire in you.”
So very glad you posted to the prompt!
And oh yes….I do understand the time crunch this time of year. Here Ia m, still in pajamas and it’s afternoon…I’ve been wrapping gifts to put in the post and blocking a shawl I’ve knit for my daughter. Persnickety me…I pinned and unpinned on the blocking platform way too many times and hence the jimmies! But — this is the last post to the prompt as Mr Linky has closed so I shall now get dressed, have some lunch and make my way to UPS. 🙂 Hope to see you next week for Tuesday’s Poetics too — I’m doing double December-tending/hosting since we’ll be traveling in January and most of the time out of internet’s reach. Hope to see you again! 🙂
Thank you so much for your comment, and your prompt!! and yes, hope to be back for the next couple of prompts before vacation time ..
Fear is not necessarily a bad thing. Worse than fear is one’s reaction to it. Thanks for this poem about the positive potential of a usually-negative thing.
thank you! that is true.. how we react is so important
I think if we just dare, the best visitors are the unexpected ones.
agree with you on that Bjorn…..
A very beautiful door knocker. – Margy
this is fascinating
Oops… I feel sorry for those who fear visitors…
Long time ago.. I had that quit regularly but I finally found the courage to tell people they were no longer welcome… It is hard to say something like that to people, especially when you are related by family… but it is liberating.
A country I’ve dreamed about lots of times already 😉 buut still have to visit, hopefully I will be able to someday
Have a ♥-warming ABC-Wednes-day / -week
♫ M e l ☺ d y ♫ (ABC-W-team)
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