Exchanging Scents

The book shop in the Village has changed hands, the guy running it is great, offering free coffee! He also has started a writing group and here is my effort at the first exercise


He mislaid his jacket
left it hanging on her hook
Surrounded by silk scarves
and hats
Leather aroma surreptitiously drifts
on the train to work
bring a flush to her cheeks
Later when he wears his coat
he smells her perfume
and smiles


I wanted to capture the moment when you are first in love. You are much more aware of smells especially your new love.

Begin

Begin... just begin
at the beginning or the end
just begin

Begin again, put pen to paper
or set your foot on the tread
and follow with another ...

make a mark...
and start a spark...
and tend the fire within ..
breathe in and be inspired.

Time is running
don't let it run out
time is turning and it doesn't wait...

clouds drift, sun burns
rivers flow, things die
and grow

Does a bird wait to sing?
this moment won't ever be again
so begin

Just do it
a chance not taken
ends with nothing...

listen to your heart
don't miss a beat!

you are the answer
and the question..

BEGIN


I found this on a journalling website, and it sums up my feelings for this year. There are so many things I plan to do, yet every year I find I have not done any of them. So I have decided this year I would spend this year living mindfully. That is taking time to enjoy each moment. Stopping to notice the world around me.

Last Saturday I was driving through the New Forest, it was a cold frosty morning. It had been cold all week and frost had covered earlier frost until each and every tree and bush was completely highlighted in frost. It was simply beautiful! I just stopped and looked. No other car or person in sight, just my warm car, and the beautiful scene. Even more beautiful than snow, because it just softens every shape, but frost just enhanced each branch into a feathery pattern.