What do you see photo prompt:
Fog and mist shroud the warmth within your soul
chilled with icy retorts and rejection
Darkness cloaks your fragile heart
filled with shadowed thoughts and faults
Trees grow tall with tales,
scarred
Rooted in memory
All these, protect
Your lonely
Wary
Soul
Only those that truly desire you, find you
Those that search beyond all aspersions
Traversing that treacherous path
To find your place of solace
And share in your solitude
Where your purity dwells
and warmth persists
Secluded
waiting
…
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Coincidentally, I found this image a few weeks back and wrote a lovely sonnet for it. In case you missed it, check it out here
Sometimes we erect obstacles, maybe to prevent people from misusing the warmth of our hearts…
Sometimes it’s so that only those who truly want us and persist can be let in, and other times, it’s for other reasons.
I welcome your thoughts on this and I hope you enjoyed the poetry.
Stay safe, stay warm.
tales told different 
This is a lovely piece, I could resonate to it on some level.
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Thank you Khwahish, I’m glad it made you feel something. 🌼💛
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A lovely take on the prompt Jude…very deep and personal..😊
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Thank you Michelle
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☺☺☺
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Cloaking the fragile heart… yes, that’s what we do to protect ourselves.
Beautifully put, Jude 🙂
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Thank you Chris 🌼. It has to be done
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This is so beautiful, Jude 🙂
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Thank you Roshni, glad you liked it and glad to have you reading
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Thanks Jude for sharing such a profound poem. And linking it to the prompt.
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Thank you Sadje, for the prompt. I didn’t just link it to the prompt, I drew inspiration from it, the fog and trees and darkness and tiny warm room…
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Yes you did. Thanks again.
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Splendid post. You are a magician. Sending you two lilies and two roses.
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Thank you Gabriella, an orchid for you as well
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Thank you.
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Nice! Thanks and much appreciated for sharing
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Thank you so much too
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I like the idea of letting our inner light shine in the darkness. If we leave no openings, nothing can get in. (K)
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Yes, and the world forces most people to guard their light jealousy
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Splendid take on the prompt, Jude!
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Thank you Eugenia 💛🌼
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Such a beautiful take, Jude. Fragile hearts need cloaking.
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Thank you so much Punam.
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You are welcome.
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Insightful and sensitively composed, Jude.
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Thank you so much Jade🌼
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You’re very welcome.
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Lovely! You write beautiful!
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Thank you so much, I’m happy to see you reading and mostly enjoying 🌼💛💜
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Some erect emotional barriers that they think are protecting them…
When they, I believer really need to stretch and seek the truth of their intuitiveness which I think tells them to reach out.
With that said it can be difficult to recover from hurts to our frail humanity…
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Yes, it’s ideal to keep open to goodness but that leaves you open to danger as well, and unfortunately some wounds go too deep and need careful nursing lest they become fatal
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I know full well of that… took me too long to let go of some hurts.
One must forgive the self first… in order to move forward. 🙂
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Agreed🌼🌸
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This is beautiful and I can resonate!!
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Ooh I’m glad you do, I’ve got a little of the vibe I put in here in some of your posts as well
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