Why bend a willow tree?
We shall not talk of what we are not, it ends up the same from the beginning.
No use making a willow tree bend and weep on a day where the sun plays.
Such unnecessary to fill our cup when there’s a real thirst to speak in honest terms but for now quiet is the master.
I wonder if there is a set time and a place where there’s love that understands the heart with no smile.
The world is beguiled by genuine smiles.
It seems to me we are less swayed by the face lacking in the frills of cheerfulness.
There is applause for the cheerful soldier who will gather an army of good companions.
A kneading of kindness raises more than the thrashing out of the unfit from the crop.
Today I embraced a straight faced battler and saw myself look back from the mirror.
Cheerfulness comes in many guises.
© K S Hardy 2011
Comments
this is beautiful!!!
Hi there
thank you kindly for stopping by :)
– Arcadia Tempest
… because IT asked you to.
:)
A heartfelt write KarenSue.
OH IT did ….did it? ;O)
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That was straight, like a road we all should all be on, like the page walked off the screen, crossed to the other side of the room, turned, gave me a lesson, and I listened for a change. It was like that.
You have many lessons to teach me thinks….. like why will a bear cross the road even when the pub door is shut?
The bear lives next door to the pub ;o) Wah Wah Wah Wah …. ;O)
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brilliant writing!!!!!!
Hi Charmiene
Many thanks for your kind support of my writing, tis very much appreciated. xx
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No use making a willow tree bend and weep on a day where the sun plays.
This line made me sigh KS..so beautiful and emotive. A wonderful write, excellent title and great piece of Flash Fiction writing. :-)xxx
Hi Lisa
It has been a while since you left your thoughts on this And I thank you for your patience for my reply.
It is good to sigh with relief and that collective knowing me thinks…xx
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A real smile opens so many doors… including the heart door. Tis true.
I’m glad for you of the embrace of the solemn battler. That can mean more when it takes more to give.
M xox
Hi Ya Maree
I always tend to root for the underdog…..tis something from when I was a kid me thinks…
I just felt that those who win a lot already had a lot cheering anyway.
Hope this new year is finding you well. xox
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you are the reason I smile today!!!!! golly gosh and damn …..read it once twice and thrice..and yes quiet is the master today darling lets go gently biggest love and mush to ya …encore please ladies and gents………. you always deliver with a velvet glove of WOW xxxxxxxxxxx
Hi there Red
It is 2012 and I know you ventured here 2011 so please forgive the lateness of my reply.
I hope that you read this and that smile of yours is rekindled. xxxx
– Arcadia Tempest
Cheerfulness comes in many guises.—————-
Yes it does my friend. One may not know how or when to start, but today is good as any and I’ll start with a smile. The rest will come easy. Thanks once again for your words of wisdom.
Hi Iris
I hope 2012 is treating you with special kind of kindness.
People with hearts as deep as yours are what makes the world turn more beautifully me thinks….x
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this made so many emotions play like a movie in my mind… ripe with strength and willows dancing in the sunlight. sorry i don’t get as much time on here as i used to. it’s really my loss to miss out on your beautiful pen so often. my day is better having read a part of you. love you dearly, miss karensue.
Hi PattyJo
Tis a new year now and I hope your world has said many wonderful words to you already.
Peace and Happiness I wish for 2012 to you and yours.
Thank you for such a heartfelt comment on this tis so very much appreciated. xxx
– Arcadia Tempest
Cheerfulness does indeed come in many disguises….xo
a smile is a mask so you do not ask
my plain of face is no disgrace
does not welcome you to a happy view
cheerfulness resides underneath, inside
today i am plain you see, i am ok just let me be