Oh dear it's update time already...

I'm back with some quick updates, and still plan on a hiatus until the end of the month at least, just so I can recoup. Because I have updates, I do have some good news and some bad news.

The good news? I don't have COVID! While I haven't actually been tested for it yet. Just because it isn't COVID doesn't mean that I'm healthy. I actually tested positive for something, and I wasn't expecting it. No, not anything pregnancy-related. I tested positive for strep! Strep along with allergies and fibro can make anyone exhausted and feeling like garbage. The scary thing is that the doctor said my strep test turned positive pretty quickly. Just because it's not COVID doesn't mean that I shouldn't be relaxing and trying to feel better. Strep is nasty, and it messes with my thinking, I'm not that lucid when I'm sick, and become extremely cryptic, so hopefully, by the time the beginning of October rolls around I can get back to blogging.

Much Love and Let your freak flag fly, Jen

TIme for a quick hiatus

I’m going to be taking a short break from blogging. I really hate taking a break, but I can’t tell yet but I may have bronchitis or COVID, and need to try to rest up as much as I can. I will try to update about my condition if and when I can, and hope to feel better soon.

My symptoms the past few days were pretty mild, I had a sore throat and a headache, nothing too serious but today, I’m coughing, have a sore throat, I’m achier more than normal, and I feel exhausted. As of right now The symptoms are pretty close to one another and only time, and getting tested can tell what’s going on, but as I said I need to relax, try to keep hydrated and hope things get a little bit better.

I didn't want to drop off the face of the blogging map without a word of warning. But yeah that's why,

I hope to be back to blogging again soon and I hope people understand why I need to take a step back for a little while. I love my blogging family and hope everyone stays happy, healthy and safe until I make my return to the blogging world.

Don't be plagued by words left unspoken

I was looking at pictures and taking a walk down memory lane, pictures from 13 years ago. My life was so much different now. From moving to being a parent, losing a child, losing a parent, and realizing how much I missed writing poetry. Every day I’d write a poem, I tried to keep my poetry dark, ominous, and macabre. Now that Halloween is coming up, and I want to write poetry and inspire, my dark inner poet. The world is in turmoil right now and everything has is turned upside down. Poetry used to be my escape from everyday life, what better time to start writing poetry again? Regular poetry or dark poetry, I’ve always found it releases pain and anxiety, even if the poetry has nothing to do with everyday life.

Like my friend Sahreth, said, I shouldn’t feel shame with my writing. It’s okay to share it. Today I’m sharing my latest poem. The poem’s called unspoken. It came to me as I was thinking about being more open about my love for writing. A reminder to embrace our dreams, we only live once.

Unspoken

Through the haze,

There’s a fairy with a tattered wing,

And her heart on a string She’s perfectly imperfect

Nobody treats her with disrespect,

but she feels broken,

plagued by thoughts unspoken

“Chase your dreams,”

Says the fairy

“Not everything is as it seems,

I’m everything but ordinary.”

There’s no dream to big or too small

The writing’s on the wall

Set your feelings free

It’s the only way to be

We all get lost along the way

With scars to show

It might be a bit cliché

But do what makes your heart glow

Do your thing

Smile, and take another swing

Everybody’s a little broken

plagued by thoughts unspoken.

This blog post was inspired by Mama Kat’s writing prompt for this week’s writers workshop, “Write a blog post inspired by the word: Haze.”