Courage ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #180

We span the ages
you and I
across all sense
of time and space
our stories twine

And I can’t say
where it began
or where it ends
or if it ever will

It drives you to
the edge of mad
(where you found me)
but with your ever
growing faith
it’s clear

Life is not so
rational
as you would like

Discontinuous
In fact

Time sometimes goes
from front to back
while space folds in
upon itself
and plops you down
in the middle of
you know not
what

Yet still you stand
amidst the fray
(such dark embrace)
to write these words
you promised me

Love is not so
rational
as you would like

But its beauty
drives you still

Doorways
Forbidden City
Beijing, China

Taken during travels, 1998

Last week we peered into the Haze. This week, let`s find our Courage or look for something else to inspire you in this photograph of concentric doorways in Beijing, China’s Forbidden City.

The Pic and a Word Challenge is a weekly creativity prompt offered Sundays.

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.

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Your response can be words and/or images
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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.

Last week’s challenge: Haze

Wildfire Haze, Icefields Parkway, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada — Challenge #179 ~ Haze

The word for last week’s Pic and a Word Challenge #179 was Haze, along with this extra-wide photograph of the rocky mountains, cloaked in wildfire smoke, in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.

Five bloggers saw through the Haze this week. =) Thank you, everyone! ❤