Sinbad's Fifth
Carpe Diem #1351 Theme Week ep. 5: The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad
hapless greed
vessel split asunder
karma
two legged beast of burden
sails in a coconut shell
© petra domina
believe, trust, let go
Carpe Diem Theme Week #4 (5 & 6): Latifa Prayer lines 4 & 5 "I believe and I trust" & "I let go" Introduction: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Both lines are in the middle of the Latifa Prayer and that's no coincidence I think, because these two lines belong (in a way) together. To "let go", you have to "believe and trust" that it will become okay. Without believe and trust you cannot let go. my response - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Have you ever done one of those team building exercises? You know where you close your eyes and fall backwards into the waiting arms of the other members? We did this with a group of kids we sponsored. It went fine and no one hit the floor. In my insane mind I decided to just randomly fall into my husbands arms. He always caught me. We were in our twenties at the time. While visiting with our neighbors on their patio, once more I fell into my husband's waiting arms. ...
Hari OM
ReplyDeleteAgain you capture the essence of the tale! YAM xx
I keep failing to get a a deeper, spiritual layer. That is a real challenge for me. namaste, janice xx
DeleteA beautifully crafted tanka Janice ... it's for sure not easy to catch a deeper layer in these fairytales of 1001 Nights.
ReplyDeleteThat seems to be the biggest challenge for me is all my haiku.
DeleteVery lyrical. And faithful to the core. I read your comment about trying for 'depth' and advise against it: that is the reader's job. Go for simplicity and clarity, and let the reader find their own depth relevant to them. They will thank you all the more for it.
ReplyDeleteI do appreciate your feedback, Hamish. I had not thought of it that way.
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