Kategoriarkiv: arduous times

Cut up, slow down (1)

          I am angry and not sad, treated like a piece of cheese,got the moldy edges cut off to be repackaged but luckilytoo old to be placed at a sales counter again: Yes ”lucky” to be … Fortsätt läsa

Publicerat i alienation, arduous times, fragility, healing, healthcare meetings, life crises, living with sickness, loneliness, old age, poems, poems by vonnely, Poetry, sadness, sickness, Swedish conditions, to die | Märkt , , , , , , , | Lämna en kommentar

Old and battered

  I’m so old and battered in my soul and body by people and events and sicknesses, never a day without pains, some days more than unbearable, I see only two ways to go to become free and find joy, … Fortsätt läsa

Publicerat i alienation, arduous times, armed loneliness, become old, beliefs, changes, coping skills, courage, create life, darkness, fears, hard times, illness, inspiring songs, life crises, Living with chronic pains, old age, poems, poems by vonnely, Poetry, reading life, reality, sadness, sickness, words, writing | Märkt , , , , , , | 2 kommentarer

Now it will be Spring

In English below the Swedish verses   Mosade och tillplattade ligger våra drömmar framför våra fötter, de duger inte ens att ha på vegomackan, än mindre att kompostera. Smältvatten porlar ned i gatubrunnarna och vinterns grusande drivor snubblar under våra … Fortsätt läsa

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Cancer and Corona (Swedish view)

                You lose your hair getting your cancer treated you age ten years your bowels do not work your skin fails and your nails may fall off you wake up with nausea and … Fortsätt läsa

Publicerat i ageism, aging, alienation, arduous times, armed loneliness, artistry, culture values, diseases, distance, fears, hard times, healing, healthcare meetings, illness, living with others, living with sickness, loneliness, morality, obstacles, poems, poems by vonnely, Poetry, politics, repression and borders, restrictions, struggles, Sweden view, words | Märkt , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Lämna en kommentar

January snow, heavy boots (Old age 3)

  Chilly but giving a lot of light, the snow creaking under the soles of my heavy boots. Don’t we all welcome the returning light in January, multiplied in the reflecting snow drifts? Yes, we do, old as well as … Fortsätt läsa

Publicerat i ageism, aging, arduous times, fragility, left aside, loners, longing, morality, old age, old-timers, poems by vonnely, reality, Short prose, sickness, snow, social movements, welfare | Märkt , , , , , , , , , | Lämna en kommentar

Rescue me!

  In Africa and US people put a trust in God. In Sweden we put our faith in healthy food and state-run welfare funded by taxes. We believe people are rational and act sensibly. We all have to live captured … Fortsätt läsa

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January, returning light

                  I woke up now, one of the first days in the light-returning January. But it felt dull gloomy autumn. It was the day after a far long way travel to finally … Fortsätt läsa

Publicerat i arduous times, fatigue, hard times, poem in English and Swedish, poems by vonnely, Poetry, recuperation, sickness, struggles, winter, Winter heart | Märkt , , , , , | Lämna en kommentar