Turning Point
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Dega, Dancer 1874
turning point arrives
arms pinned
for balance
they say
spot, turn, spot, turn
momentum from that inner part of my core
the part i hope will save me
spot, turn,
dance
until i find an answer
copyright/all rights reserved Audrey Howitt 2014
posted for Poets United Poetry Pantry
Change is in the air. I looked up the word "crisis" today--that turning point at which, for better or worse, future events are determined. I will be losing a major source of income this summer aat a time when we will be experiencing a financial contraction anyway--my husband is retiring from teaching school. So I am asking the universe for answers.
A major change indeed but as your poems say if you seek the answers they will be found.
ReplyDeleteThank you fo reading this one Tatius!
DeleteBeautiful and timely poem. Turning points are crucial to our well-being, though we have to train at the skill of taking them on point. The momentum is life, I think.
ReplyDeleteHi Susan! Thank you--I like your take on the nature of momentum!
Deletethe key is to keep dancing,
ReplyDeletelearning the steps, keeping yourself in the game
until you get that chance, for sure.
Hi Brian! Thank you!
Deletelearning and applying that's certainly the key; have a nice Sunday
ReplyDeletemuch love...
Hi Gillena--Thank you!
DeleteThe answers come when they are needed.
ReplyDeleteWishing you the best.
Something Pink
the lines wonderfully express the inner conflict and the grit to accept the change that's awaiting....
ReplyDeleteI am familiar with the routine :-) well written, well said.
ReplyDeleteZQ
until i find an answer... keep dancing
ReplyDeleteWhew, we all look for answers somehow. I think if a person dances long enough they will find the way!
ReplyDeleteI have been on those turning points myself ~ Find the balance and wishing you lots of luck and cheers on your turning points ~ Happy Sunday ~
ReplyDeleteNot a fun point to be, especially before things arrive. Fortunately sometimes reality is not as hard as what we expected.
ReplyDeleteTurning points can be so rewarding, and yet so dangerous...this is a nice dissertation on trying to find that perfect balance.
ReplyDeleteSteve K.
Audrey, I so know those challenges. The best advice I can give you is to try to trust that all will be well, pray and open your soul to the universe, asking it to show you the way. I can say that, however, fully knowing the fear that accompanies such transitions, especially in today's economy! Somehow, month by month, we get through.........wishing you all good things......
ReplyDeleteA lovely, nuanced metaphor.
ReplyDeleteI have a tendency to seek the balance and let the rest come as it will. Love the metaphor of dance to express the world of change, even crisis. I find the balance most often in writing, because that often shows when I haven't reached it,
ReplyDeleteElizabeth
Enjoyed this Audrey.
ReplyDeleteOh, love this focus on 'momentum' - to spot before turn, so much wisdom in it! we need ground our dreams before changing and dance them...~ thanks for the reminder, Audrey :)x
ReplyDeleteah, turn. for some reason, I wrote of it too before reading your pen. at present, I'm looking for work, so wish you the very best as your circumstances change ~
ReplyDeleteHa--succinct yet very well realized. Thanks..K.
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