What Really Matters

[beautyofgrey]

An entry for week 2 of therealljidol.

Comments

[roina_arwen]

Gorgeous language, very evocative, and I like the real-world hurricane mirrored by the one inside your skull.

As an added bonus, I also learned a new word (chyrons). ❤️

[beautyofgrey]

Thank you. My mother went into the hospital as Hurricane Florence was moving in, and at the time I remember it felt like the anxiety of the outer world (and the devastation that followed) matched my own.

[furzicle]

Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised that this prompt has led many of us to reflect on what is the impact of close family and/or friends who have preceded us in death. I alluded to it in my entry. I just read my son Kris's (emo_snal) entry where he contemplates his grandfather's death. His closing words meditate on what he thinks happens with his deceased grandparents. I think your take is similar to both of ours. I really like your description of the state of your harried mind being like a hurricane with the barometric pressure dropping. I think you nailed it. Brava.

[beautyofgrey]

It's definitely a running theme this week, isn't it? It's a topic that definitely had me pondering where we stand, what it means in the long run. Thank you for reading and giving feedback. <3

[quiltingdragon]

What an interesting take on the prompt. Beautiful and sad. So many lines I really love. I think my favorite is

"we are a series of stories passed along
from generation to generation,
finite and infinite,"

[beautyofgrey]

Thank you. It's nice to imagine we are a juxtaposition of those things. <3

[bleodswean]

This is so beautiful and so terribly sad. *hugs* The poetics of the storm are so seamlessly a part of your heartbreak. A difficult read.

[beautyofgrey]

Thank you for reading it, and for the feedback. <3 Sometimes it's just good to get the ponderings of the brain weasels out on the page.

[engarian]

I think, of all the lines here, the one I liked the best was : My skull holds a hurricane

I can totally see that, and experience that, and empathize with that.

- Erulisse (one L)

[beautyofgrey]

Thank you, though I'm sorry you empathize with and experience it. That internal chaos/anxiety is never fun.