burning leaves

Well there you have it...a new word...schmoomy... the feeling of gloom on stormy day.

A word that describes what one one feels when trying to write a book or even a teeny weeny paragraph and all you are able to do is look out the window and wish you were just a falling leaf with none of the wishes in life.

Or maybe even better a leaf caught in a howling gale being blown somewhere far far away and hoping to land in the class of a Faulkner or a Hemingway and find out if they ever felt schmoomy.

Or maybe to be caught in a whispering breeze to be wafted gently and lovingly into the arms of someone who cared.

But as you watch the leaf is raked into a pile and set afire.  Your thoughts are brightened.  Maybe your words are a leaf and you strike a match only to burn your fingers.

You turn to your desk and take a pen or strike the keys in hope that what words you write will live to burn a mind or two and not end up in a pile of smoldering leaves.

8 comments:

  1. Nicely written and remained glued to the very end. So interestingly done creating beautiful imageries!!

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  2. I think we all get that "schmoomy" feeling from time to time! :)

    "Or maybe to be caught in a whispering breeze to be wafted gently and lovingly into the arms of someone who cared." - Loved this!

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  3. WOW!! your words definitely did not end up in a pile 0f smoldering leaves :) It was caught by a breeze and it gently wafted here. Beautiful descriptions and sensitive gentle words well scripted. Enjoyed the read thoroughly!!

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  4. Very well written and didnt go puff ...up in a smoke either :)

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  5. schmoomy? A school for those that are normal......maybe

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  6. schmoomy, indeed. Nice images!

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  7. please join our poetry potluck this Monday, have fun!


    awards/treats 4 u

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