The circumstances of existence
Confine my course
Constrict my flow
I become turbulent
Tear at the channel
Jump its banks
Flood, destructively
Without direction
So I breathe
Quiet the roiling torrent
Of my mind
Still the restless energy
Of my body
Let the tumultuous river
Of my attachments
Subside
Become a stream
A gentle brook
Winding serenely
Through the forest
Collecting here and there
In pools of tranquility
Stillness
For I am the channel
Of my being
Not the circumstances
Of my existence
Capilano River
North Vancouver, British Columbia
Taken on location for Primeval: New World, 2012
The Pic and a Word Challenge is a weekly creativity prompt offered Sunday mornings.
Each week I provide a photograph of mine along with a single word. The challenge? Use the pic and/or word as points of inspiration to create something — a photograph, a painting, prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, longread or just a few words. You are welcome to use these two elements (photograph and word) literally, thematically or metaphorically. If you create both images and words, all the better.
To participate:
- Use any title you like
- Your response can be words and/or an image
- You may use my image in your post, or any image you have created
- Place the challenge’s Pic (if you use it for inspiration) and Word prominently in your post
- Mention that you are responding to the Pic and a Word Challenge
- Add a link to this post in your response
To help us find your response, you can also:
- Add a comment on this post to announce your response
- Apply the tag “Pic and a Word Challenge” to your post
Each week, I’ll list the previous week’s responses at the end of the new challenge. I may also share some on my social media: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, etc.
Two wonderful healers this week. Thank you both! =)
- Healing, by Dancing Echoes
- Healing, by LadyLeeManila
View all the Pic and a Word Challenges, including the current challenge, on the Pic and a Word Challenge tag page.