{"id":2842,"date":"2014-02-27T18:03:15","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T16:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phoenix-em.com\/mariyakoleva\/?p=2842"},"modified":"2018-02-18T11:27:14","modified_gmt":"2018-02-18T09:27:14","slug":"ambition-despair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoenix-em.com\/mariyakoleva\/ambition-despair\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambition and Despair"},"content":{"rendered":"

The month of February is nearly over. It was very fast, indeed, though much happened in it. Now that I look back, I see that I’m very pleased with how things went. All with celebrations, sick leaves, working schedules and creativity went fine, more than simply OK. Day 25 was Tuesday, so the prompt was of the #TwoForTuesday type. Here is one of the last poems I’ve written for the 28 to Create project: Day 25 \u2013 Ambition and Despair<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\"ambition
Image: 28 to Create blog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

***<\/strong><\/span>
\n Striving upwards<\/strong><\/span>
\n to skies curtained<\/strong><\/span>
\n with hesitation,<\/strong><\/span>
\n embroidered in clouds<\/strong><\/span>
\n so pink<\/strong><\/span>
\n they are disgusting.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I am sick<\/strong><\/span>
\n of desire to be perfect.<\/strong><\/span>
\n I am petrified by<\/strong><\/span>
\n the chance to<\/strong><\/span>
\n end up in the gutter.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

That chance is grand.<\/strong><\/span>
\n Despair is stalking me<\/strong><\/span>
\n as I am staring at it –<\/strong><\/span>
\n sick and tired of reality,<\/strong><\/span>
\n striving upwards.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Can I escape dark lands<\/strong><\/span>
\n and the mire of desolation,<\/strong><\/span>
\n to roam off distant shores?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Yeah, sure.<\/strong><\/span>
\n Go ahead.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a92014, soulmary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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