Fly, little babe turtle, fly

Fly

Fly, little babe turtle

Fly, fly from the hands

Of your human protector

Fly into the great and fathomless

Sea of endless hues

Fly in the face of danger

Death-defying, soul-a-stirring

Never-ending fight for survival

Fly, as you know how

Before you even knew how

Fly, for your life depends on it

Fly to see the light of day

And fly to reach The Age

The Age, The Age of Dignity

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#learning #meditation

#freedom #grace #dignity

The coward

Claire’s blue Staedler pen had been long unused. It felt good to write again, after a few weeks of mindless TikTok-ing for the latest laughs.

She still has a healthy dose of humour – from the fine to the slapstick. But Claire had recently broken up with her ex, P. and needed to feel alive again and to face her fears and disappointments.

This time round, Claire came to the astounding realisation that she had been, in almost all her adult life, a coward in romantic relationships. A stark difference indeed from what her family and friends thought of her.