Twisted Liaison #mspoetry

Short Circuit

Nerves Entwined

Twisted Liaison

http://joodude.deviantart.com/art/Everyone-Fall-down-stairs-245491654

This is what I fear
every time I face stairs;
that nerves will short circuit
and I'll fall down
taking everyone with me.

I never know

When nerves will spark

Twisted Liaison

Who really wins? #mspoetry

Winners and Losers

In the US Election

Who really wins?

Who really wins

In the games of power?

The top dogs

The top dogs

Spraying their territory

Digging up bones

Digging up bones

The future will despair

These sad times

These sad times

Will form resistance

Hope will win

Hope will win

History tells us this

In our hands

In our hands

What will we mold?

Harmony

Harmony

Blending differences

Social Orchestra

MS Symptom Rack #poetry

rack up symptoms

quite a collection 

don't be jealous

Remembrance

Source: Chris Holley

On Friday, we remembered all those who had died or been affected by war. This year, the Royal British Legion wanted us to remember not only those who died in World Wars One and Two, but also those affected by wars since then and even today.

We had a special service at 10:45am, ending with a two minute silence and reflection at 11:00am. Can you remember why we hold our silence at exactly 11:00?

In the week before the service, we made poppy artwork and a wreath to offer in memory of the victims of war. Children from every class offered their wreath during the service. It was very special, moving and sombre.

Poetry Prompts - Picture's Worth A Thousand Words

I'm keeping this one short.

With everything that has been going on this last week here in the U.S., I thought today we could write a poem around the photo below, after all, they say a picture is worth a thousand words.

Photo courtesy of PublicDomainPictures.net
by Petr Kratochvil

If you write for this prompt, come back and share your link in the comments below and share on social media with the hashtag, #poetsonthepage

Morgan Dragonwillow, author of Wild Woman Waking & Dancing within Shadow, is a writing rebel, foodie, urban gardener, recovering perfectionist, facilitator of magical circles and poet who (mostly) doesn't let her fears get in the way of her passion for writing and creating. When she isn't working with clients, writing or dancing, you can find her encouraging and supporting her writing community at @StoryDam, #OctPoWriMo, #PoetsonthePage, and  Playing with Words on her blog.

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MS: the snowball disease

People like to say that MS is a snowflake disease: 

it's different for everyone.  

I prefer to think of MS as a snowball disease;

it's squishing all the snowflakes together and throwing them at me all at once.  

I guess that makes me a snowman;

I'm taking everything MS throws at me and keeping on keeping on.  

Bringing MS Calling into the Fold

I started MS Calling exactly a year ago, it seems like it's been so much longer than that, but it really was 12th November 2015.  MS Calling: A bit of an Introduction

Looking back it's clear that I was hoping to keep the MS as a part of my life and therefore I started another blog to keep all talk about MS at a distance.  But what's become clear over the last 12 months is that MS is part of me, and that it will have less control over my life when I accept that it's part of who I am.

In reality, MS has been part of my life since I was 17 (possibly longer) but because I never had a diagnosis for all the crazy things which I used to experience I just got on with it.  Well guess what - I'm just going to keep getting on with it - after all I don't have any other choice.

What this means for blogging is that I'm bring MS Calling back into the fold and bringing it here to LLM Calling.  All the MS Calling posts written over the year are now safely here within LLM Calling and I've created a tab for the specific posts so you can find them easily; or search the blog.

All new posts I write about my life, no matter what they refer to, will be here at LLM Calling - that's everything from parenting to marriage, from faith to politics, in poetry or prose, from physical to mental health, from birth through to death.
Everything together, accepted as part of the whole.
Welcome Home MS Calling.