Frowns are habits
Our body leans into postures
Habits
Our face does too
I woke this morning feeling poor
Anxious
Melancholy
But it was just my face
Conforming to its usual routes and highways
I opened my door
Stepped outside
7 floors up from the foaming white wake that curls brightly behind this gorgeous ship
Gracefully carving her way through a tumultuous ocean
Teaming with life
Owning it
Majestic
The sunrise at sea
The fresh salt air
I breathed
And smiled
A new habit forming
Sent my face due warning
Laugh lines would soon appear
It is silent but for the sound of the waves
It is still but for the subtle roll of the vessel
In meditation
I asked this ship to teach me how to sail and to steer
For what is life but a vast ocean of unsteady and uncontrolled motion
That we must learnt to dance lightly over
Rather than falling in
Hello from the high seas! It’s amazing out here.
Enjoy, Kate!
Thanks Rosalienne – it’s quite amazing 😊☀️
wonderful; lean into the pleasure 🙂
Thanks John, doing my best 😊
Fun, where are you heading?
Hi Jeff New Caledonia and Noumea then back to Oz. It is held in conjunction with a Writers at Sea retreat that my family bought as a gift for me last year.
Wow, that’s am really great gift. Have fun.
This is brilliant.
I love it!!!
Thanks Granny, very sweet of you 😊
What a wonderful journey, Kate. I am so pleased to know you are having such a wonderful time and also being able to take part in the Writers at Sea retreat that your family gave to you. What a true gift that is. Enjoy every day of your journey. The sea looks fantastic. I can’t imagine being seven ‘floors’ up on a ship, not that I’ve ever been on a ship. Xx 😊
Thanks Ellie, we are having a lovely time, very surreal though and there is only so long one can spend in Narnia before the yen to return to normally bursts in. Seven days will certainly be more than enough. We met a couple last night who are doing this cruise back to back, returning to port and then coming back on the ship for this same trip again. I couldn’t do that, I miss my family, my dogs and the earth. 😊💕