stones listening, ancient and still
at the summit, trees embracing
pain inked on paper, jagged
edges scatter, confessions releasing like small
birds from my hands
mountain listens, no
judgment—only air
receiving what no longer serves me
I breathe, heart restored
held by something vaster than fear
ENOUGH
cares left hanging in the thin mountain air
Afterword: This continues the journey I began in my post on a restorative soul retreat.
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hi, Dawn❣️
Just wanna let you know that this week’s W3, hosted by our beloved Reena, is now live:
W3 Prompt #180
Much love,David
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Thanks David!!!
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*hug*
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hi, Dawn❣️
Just wanna let you know that this week’s W3, hosted by our beloved Michelle, is now live:
https://skepticskaddish.com/2025/10/01/w3-prompt-179-weave-written-weekly/
Much love,David
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Thanks David
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🤗
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A beautiful moment of letting go and starting again captured so beautifully, Dawn.
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Thanks so very much for reading and your warm comment. Appreciated 🙂🙏🏽🙂
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A soothing poem and practice. Thank you for sharing and a beautiful week to you, Dawn. 💝
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Thanks dear Michele. The week was beautiful. How bout for you?
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Beautiful, busy, expanding… ✨ Thank you for asking!
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Love the response 🙂💕🙂
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😊💕🙏🏻
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A beautiful, cleansing moment. Love this! ❤️
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Thanks much!! Appreciate you stopping by 🙏🏽✨✨🙏🏽
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Fantastic poem, Dawn!
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Hey Yvette. Thank you!!!! 🙏🏽
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Dawn, this feels so cleansing—“confessions releasing like small / birds from my hands” especially stays with me. The mountain’s listening presence is beautiful.
~David
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Then mission complete —cleansing is what it was and what I wanted to communicate in this piece. Glad it resonated with you, David 🙂🙏🏽🙏🏽🙂
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🤗
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What a beautiful real life metaphor for getting free from the past, Dawn!
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Lovely to see you here again Karima. Thanks much 🙏🏽💕🙏🏽
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Great way to throw away worries and fears.
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Absolutely Sadje 🙏🏽💖🙏🏽
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🩷🩷🩷
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💖💖💖
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Oh wow Dawn
I love this and the ceremony of releasing .👏💕👏
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Intentional release✨✨✨
Thanks Maggie!!!
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Yes 🤗
My pleasure Dawn 🥰
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