tim's Bits and Pieces - 32. Metamorphosis - Not

Damn Onions.

Hugs, Bro. Hugs.

You are not a slug.

3 hours ago, AC Benus said:

hugs

thanks AC  xo

3 hours ago, Parker Owens said:

The first poem’s reference to a Cold War made a lot of sense to me. About your second poem: You are no slug. I know a lot about slugs. Yet what you wrote struck a chord with me. You are who you are, and you are loved for that. 

thanks Parker. .. glad they worked for you .. love you back xo

2 hours ago, BHopper2 said:

Damn Onions.

 

Hugs, Bro. Hugs.

You are not a slug.

i have no wings tho    thanks for reading...

1 hour ago, WolfM said:

Depression is the house guest who doesn't know it's time to leave. The acquaintance of a friends, ex's roommate who thinks she belongs at every gathering. There is nothing ugly about you my friend. There is a beauty that shines within you and you're loved for who you are.

thank You Wolfie... i appreciate your comments xo

1 hour ago, Headstall said:

 

thanks very much, Gary.  xo

3 hours ago, MichaelS36 said:

I cannot be more proud of you boy. you are so much stronger than you let yourself believe. Never stop writing, your words are important. 

thank You, Sir  xoxo i'll try to believe.

letting go and acceptance are big steps

though i know it's not been easy 

and if you aren't a butterfly, i think you are more like this worm than a slug

much love xo

Just now, mollyhousemouse said:

letting go and acceptance are big steps

though i know it's not been easy 

and if you aren't a butterfly, i think you are more like this worm than a slug

 

much love xo

 

 

LOL... a blue-haired worm....LOL  that made me laugh.. but no it's not easy, but necessary. there comes a time to let some things go and embrace what you've got. thanks, molly xoxo

3 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

LOL... a blue-haired worm....LOL  that made me laugh.. but no it's not easy, but necessary. there comes a time to let some things go and embrace what you've got. thanks, molly xoxo

anytime sweetie, anytime 

The moment we ask ourselves what normality is we know that we are outside the norm. As long as we are swimming, floating in the middle of the stream among the rest we do not know who we are or what we are. Time drifts by and we imagine moving of our own will. But the moment we are tossed to the side of the stream and feel the boulders, the pebbles, the sand, the grass and the tugging of the current, suddenly, we wake up to the difference between drifting and swimming. Be yourself, my distant friend. I would not have you otherwise. The life of a butterfly is short and it is only one stage in a series of metamorphoses anyway. You could not have chosen your metaphors better. And remember: the nightingale is one of the most unspectacular looking birds there are. And yet...

2 hours ago, mayday said:

The moment we ask ourselves what normality is we know that we are outside the norm. As long as we are swimming, floating in the middle of the stream among the rest we do not know who we are or what we are. Time drifts by and we imagine moving of our own will. But the moment we are tossed to the side of the stream and feel the boulders, the pebbles, the sand, the grass and the tugging of the current, suddenly, we wake up to the difference between drifting and swimming. Be yourself, my distant friend. I would not have you otherwise. The life of a butterfly is short and it is only one stage in a series of metamorphoses anyway. You could not have chosen your metaphors better. And remember: the nightingale is one of the most unspectacular looking birds there are. And yet...

thank you ... i wanted to be myself, without anti-depressants, it was very hard and not just on me. being unable to function cost me time off from work, and from myself and Michael. He's especially paid a price for my choice. And so have i, and the other night was bad. So i have to learn to be me, while taking these meds... so i came out, as i went in ... unchanged, in that i need the drugs ... but maybe wiser, too. 

thank you for your beautiful comments... they always touch me, and make me think. xoxo

I've dealt with depression my entire life, and understand the desire to be "normal".

4 minutes ago, Fae Briona said:

I've dealt with depression my entire life, and understand the desire to be "normal".

maybe i have, i don't know. the years i spent on the street were filled with other kinds of drugs and booze. it was finally diagnosed about four years ago. i seem to be in lots of good and unnormal company!  xox thanks for your comments and for reading...

6 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

thank you ... i wanted to be myself, without anti-depressants, it was very hard and not just on me. being unable to function cost me time off from work, and from myself and Michael. He's especially paid a price for my choice. And so have i, and the other night was bad. So i have to learn to be me, while taking these meds... so i came out, as i went in ... unchanged, in that i need the drugs ... but maybe wiser, too. 

 

thank you for your beautiful comments... they always touch me, and make me think. xoxo

The lead singer of 21 Pilots deals with depression, and a lot of songs touch on the subject: "I begin to assemble what weapons I can find; 'Cause sometimes to stay alive you gotta kill your mind."

To echo many others, you are not a slug, tim. You may not become the blue butterfly you wanted to be... But there are plenty of beautiful and spectacular caterpillars out there, and they live longer lives than the butterflies.  

1 hour ago, Fae Briona said:

 

The lead singer of 21 Pilots deals with depression, and a lot of songs touch on the subject: "I begin to assemble what weapons I can find; 'Cause sometimes to stay alive you gotta kill your mind."

Oh, i like that.. and i get it.  a lot of my poetry touches on it too.. there's a lot of poetry .. lol  Thanks for sharing this .. i love it.