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Thanks to dear Rochelle for hosting Friday Fictioneers and to Ceayr for the photo
CHIMERA
We travel to lose
Our old wise selves
Fall in love again
Moon silvered waves ripple in the evening air, a place beguiling, otherworldly.
I could stay here, cease to search, a lone traveller. Have I found my new home? Or shall I go to the village where white squat houses line up beside the tideless sea, where the sun catches on the dome of the white church, where the sand is soft ?
How will I know ? Am I old and wise, will I fall in love again? Maybe I’ll find just one more place that meets my dream.
March 14, 2021 at 1:18 pm
Dear Francine,
As long as we’re breathing and in our right minds, the opportunities for love are there. Delightfully written.
Shalom,
Rochelle
March 14, 2021 at 1:30 pm
Thanks Rochelle, I like your sentiment, it’s such a hopeful one.
March 13, 2021 at 7:17 pm
This is an emotionally beguiling piece. To be old and wise is good; love needs to be built. And yet your words resonate as I think of Greece. Well written, Francine.
March 14, 2021 at 10:50 am
I appreciate your feedback Penny. I was thinking of Greece too where there is that ultra bright sunlight.
March 13, 2021 at 4:24 pm
Keep moving forward! As long as the body is able, and the mind seeks, there are still wonders to see and experience–perhaps even a new love 🙂
March 14, 2021 at 10:58 am
Thanks for your feedback Linda, I’m glad the story spoke to you.
March 13, 2021 at 12:02 am
Lovely! I like the idea that we travel to remake ourselves, to become new.
March 14, 2021 at 11:02 am
Thanks for your comment Brenda, glad that you liked the idea of renewal.
March 12, 2021 at 12:40 pm
A wonderfully whimsical piece. I like it!
March 14, 2021 at 11:08 am
Thanks for your comment Keith, glad that you like it.
March 12, 2021 at 11:44 am
Ever travelling to find that certain something.
March 14, 2021 at 11:14 am
Thanks for your reflective comment Ali. I think there can be a certain restlessness bout travelling.
March 12, 2021 at 2:11 am
What a lovely way to look at things, Francine. Travel to lose our old wise selves and find something new…
March 14, 2021 at 1:41 pm
Thanks for your comment Dale. So pleased you liked the idea, I think it’s a hopeful one.
March 14, 2021 at 2:09 pm
Yes, it is
March 11, 2021 at 10:43 pm
We should always strive to travel, that is why I dislike lockdown so much
March 14, 2021 at 1:48 pm
Thanks Michael – I think you’re right about the desire to travel being strong.
March 11, 2021 at 8:25 pm
i like the idea of the traveller. Wherever you journey love will follow.
March 14, 2021 at 1:55 pm
Thanks for your comment James. Glad you like the traveller idea – so many dimensions of travel I guess..
March 11, 2021 at 5:18 pm
I like the note of hope that there could always be that one more place and love still to come.
March 11, 2021 at 4:59 pm
I like the idea that we travel in order to lose our old wise selves
March 14, 2021 at 2:03 pm
Thanks Neil, .glad you like the that idea. An idea I hadn’t come across before.