Linking with the Sunday Muse for Muse # 91
The image is a bottle tree and Shay tells us that in old southern tradition, hanging bottles from a tree is intended to catch or confuse negative spirits. Thank you Shay for a fascinating prompt!! I may have gone off track a bit with mine, but my intentions were good. :-)
People gather bundles of sticks to build bridges they never cross. ~Author Unknown
People gather bundles of sticks to build bridges they never cross. ~Author Unknown
I tried to gather leaves with a broom my father handed me
to sweep our outside patio on a windy day in 1973
I swept and swept in all directions
trying to contain all those leaves
but the wind held more power to coax them
than my 10-year-old hands
holding a broom could ever do
Looking back now
I see how I have done this in other areas of my life
trying to control something
that was out of my hands
holding the broom sweeping on a windy day
only to see all my worries scatter before me
like leaves in the wind
Sometimes you just have to let go of the broom
unless you are planning on riding it!
Note: Yes, I think my
Dad had a good sense of humor, or he was trying to keep me out of trouble.
