Daily writing prompt: What’s a secret skill or ability you have or wish you had?
It’s not a secret
that I can spend all day at a cemetery
listening to the stories that the dead have to tell.
“Jemma”
October 2023
Photo: A..M. Moscoso
Every poem, every song,every wish that they ever had
is carved in marble, etched in stone
trapped in the leaves of the weeds and trees
that wrap their roots around their bones
all you have to do is sit down with them
quiet yourself
and listen.
From Albert Camus:
“The true horror of existence is not the fear of death, but the fear of life. It is the fear of waking up each day to face the same struggles, the same disappointments, the same pain. It is the fear that nothing will ever change, that you are trapped in a cycle of suffering that you cannot escape. And in that fear, there is a desperation, a longing for something, anything, to break the monotony, to bring meaning to the endless repetition of days.”
— Albert Camus, The Fall
The Hanging Tree situated on a mound above Finlarig Castle, Killin, Scotland . Used for those not of noble birth.
In all of the pictures I’ve seen of public hangings, the sun is always shining.
Most of the people in the crowd are smiling,
their faces burning bright and hot with excitement and expectation,
are tilted up towards the gallows.
Upon the stage, the Soloist waits for their cue
and when it finally comes
at last
under a cloudless and blue sky
they begin their dance,
tapping their toes to music that nobody else can hear.
Photographer Unknown