[Critique Group 2] The Cycle of Reflexive Restraint.doc-For 10-27-22 critique session.

[jamesstarfire at gmail.com]

The Cycle of Reflexive Restraint

C Brad Corallo

Word count 173

 

Ah the bitter-sweet confection of our human roles.

In overcoming so many rapid fire,

terrifying, unclear situations,

we may become self protectively suspicious.

A strategy needed, perhaps

if one is to negotiate

all the rutted roads and pitfalls

of the complex, often bewildering

business of daily living. 

 

Such may exact the price as,

the herculean effort that must be made

to allow one's joy

to soar, unbridled with full abandon. 

 

Reflexive fear of the recoil which

can repeatedly cast us down

shattered, Broken in spirit

upon the stony unforgiving ground,

can become our default setting.

 

The horse that has too frequently

been trained to the whip,

understands this all too well. 

Though at times she Has known kindness

and a shared bond with a gentle rider, 

she no longer expects it! 

 

There must be a way

to break the chains 

of this dark corrosive cycle. 

 

But the disturbing question remains

can we find it

before our brief allotment Of time,

withers and is completely consumed? 

 

jamesstarfire at gmail.com

 

 

 

 

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