Bucket list(s)
i.
Things to do/achieve list 2019
Go horse-riding
Learn how to play the guitar
Learn a new language
Buy a (very) nice party outfit
Learn how to change my car’s tyre(s)
Bake bread
Watch a play at the theatre
Donate/volunteer at/for a shelter/charity
Go skydiving
Ride a motorcycle
See the northern lights
Get a tarot card reading done
Go to Japan (take many many photographs)
Make pizza at home
Get a poem featured by a literary magazine/journal/website
Buy a (proper) fitting bra
Lose some weight (maybe 5 kg)
Go for shooting training
Learn archery
Go on a helicopter
Go on a train
Learn how to roller-skate
Go on a hot air balloon
ii.
Things to do/achieve list 2020
Learn how to play the guitar
Learn a new language
Learn how to change my car’s tyre(s)
Go skydiving
Ride a motorcycle
See the northern lights
Get a poem featured by a literary magazine/journal/website
Go for shooting training
Learn archery
Learn how to roller-skate
Go on a hot air balloon
Try to leave the house at least once a week
Be more grateful
Pray that the people you care about survive
iii.
Things to do/achieve list 2021
Pray for the people you care about
Find my purpose in life
Being accepted for who I am (completely)
Being loved despite who I am (completely)
Can you hear me?
Moulding
Protective mechanism caused by an abrupt change makes them unpalatable.
We
human
call shock a burning match under the tip of a leaf
in rapid succession
s l o w l y up,
d
o
w
n,
like watching in slow motion,
pain or any emotions
– they seek the light –
rise, straighten or bend as gravity dictates.
Adjust.
Must adapt.
Grow.
Burrowing with rain;
decaying,
the good will support,
but when the demand become too great
nothing concrete;
– an abstraction –
utterly unreliable and
changing,
neither can possibly say how much rain will fall
unpredictable, changeable.
Every day.
Every night.
