the Shy Turt-Ocerous

A   L   O   H   A !

 

" A little onward

lend thy guiding hand

 

 

 

 

 

To these dark steps,

a little further on.”

 

 John Milton 

" In a land of immigrants, 

one was not an alien

 but simply

 the latest arrival.  "

Rudolf Arnheim

 

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Fish school together

turtles swim

alone.

I must be

a turtle,

For following

an idle current

agrees with my

constitution:

finding, musing,

doubling back.

Yes,

I like to marinate

in Thick,

Rich, Creamy,

Velvety

Solitude.

Spiced librally

with great blog pals

and Alohas

in passing.

And were I

Wealthy

I'd wander

just the same. 

 'Even as the lion

 not trembling at noises, 

even as the wind 

not caught in a net, 

even as the lotus leaf 

untouched by the water,

 so do thou wander

 alone like the

 rhinoceros.'

 Buddha

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Rhinoceros!?

That's ME!

YOU?

                  Warmly, cloudia