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Post by goldenmyst on Aug 28, 2022 18:29:30 GMT -6
Fava Bean Blessing
Bean pole body adrift in French Market Pungent aroma of oranges and tomatoes scents trance passage through Quarter awash in twilight street shadows
Wrinkled woman with foreign accent holds offering in gnarled fist “It’s a fava bean. You look like you could use it.” I hold her sacramental legume of luck
Clouds of my mind part Ray of light beams through murk Rainbow hope glimpsed in eyes of a stranger
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2022 0:33:16 GMT -6
Captivating write my friend Sometimes it is in the mysterious places with the mysterious souls who are angels in disguise who come to us or we are drawn to them for the answers and remedies that we are looking for with the old remedies that they have to offer be it physical, emotional and or/spiritual. Spiritualism at its finest. Enjoyed Blessed Be my friend
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Post by Catlady2710 on Aug 31, 2022 11:24:44 GMT -6
Loved this one John
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Post by goldenmyst on Aug 31, 2022 13:13:19 GMT -6
Much gratitude Michael. This was based on an actual encounter I had with this woman in the French Quarter when I was 18 years old. I will never forget her kindness. She was certainly an angel in disguise as a person. And her gift eased me through the passage I faced at that uncertain and difficult time in my life.
John
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Post by goldenmyst on Aug 31, 2022 13:14:15 GMT -6
Thanks so much, Cat. Very glad you enjoyed this one of mine as it is a very special one about a pivotal time in my life. John
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Post by QueenFoxy on Aug 31, 2022 21:26:47 GMT -6
I think 18 is a difficult age for a young man (or woman). They are in the body of a man (or woman), but their minds are still struggling to grow up. One minute, they are a man, and in the next, they can be a child. It is just a hard time in the life of the young.
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Post by goldenmyst on Aug 31, 2022 21:44:12 GMT -6
Foxy, I love how you put this into a normal perspective. Indeed you really illustrated that what I went through was normal for 18. I appreciate that gift very much.
Xo John
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Post by QueenFoxy on Sept 2, 2022 13:33:27 GMT -6
I just simply don't believe a youth of 18 tender years, in the eyes of Mature Adult People, is totally adult. True, they are of legal age, and they feel they are adult, in every sense of the word, until they come face to face with situations they aren't equipped to handle. I think there needs to be a grace period in there, say until they turn 25, before they are considered to have reached adulthood. Just my opinion, but I stand by it. Sometimes, they need a kind soul to lean on, who will give them a helping hand while preserving their self-esteem.
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Post by goldenmyst on Sept 2, 2022 13:47:44 GMT -6
I wholeheartedly agree my friend. In fact, after my internship at the fellowship of delicate souls, I went back to live with my grandparents in Natchez until I was twenty-five. I got to finish my adolescence that had been interrupted. I grew by leaps and bounds in their household. It was my second chance.
Xo John
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Post by QueenFoxy on Sept 2, 2022 14:07:09 GMT -6
I sincerely believe you needed that time to cultivate your maturity, knowing that if you fall, it would be into the loving arms of someone who would give you a hand up, without destroying your sense of adulthood.
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Post by goldenmyst on Sept 2, 2022 14:44:11 GMT -6
They took me on trips all over America and the world. It was a chance to see places I never have since. That in itself was a cultural growing experience.
Xo John
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Post by QueenFoxy on Sept 4, 2022 23:02:18 GMT -6
I'm glad you had your grandparents, John. They provided what you needed to develop a great foundation.
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