Piranha submerged
I’ve been thinking about a recent talk by Ezra on refraining from expressing negative emotions vs. repressing them–a common issue for sure, but one I never felt applied to me until, like, last week, when I suddenly found myself overcome by hitherto unregistered resentment and angst. Perfect for the month ahead of intensified practice, and for my first blogging foray.
One of my “practice intensifiers” is to write a practice-related haiku each day. Another practice thing I like is controlled (or not) exposure to discomfort. This forum is perfect for combining these two things: I can post my haiku here and at the same time create the discomfort of public exposure and fear of ridicule and judgment for writing bad poetry. Isn’t the Internet great?
(piranha submerged
swims undetected) what, pray,
floats on the surface?
Love the haiku, Annie. Especially the pivot and double-entendre at “pray.” Evocative of the piranha’s lightning-quick turns (with which you and I are so familiar) to attack both self and other.
Bonne Practice Period!
Susan
Wow. This is beautiful and scary.