It’s winter so I’m wearing layers
so many layers I feel positively fat
fat helps me to keep warm
warmed by my kind troubled neighbours
neighbours enable me to connect
connection can bring the unexpected
meeting the unexpected I know I’m alive
while I’m alive I can sulk or thrive
if I choose to thrive I must take risks
risks reach beyond my comfort zone
comfort can be a shroud or deep content
contentment enables me to open my heart
an open heart enables better connections
as I peel my layers back in order to share
these people have shown me their real care
hope we can thrive with all our imperfections!
Friday Fun – Layers
aroused 
Nice play on layers and peeling.
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Keeping the clothing layers on…good.
Peeling off the emotional layers…great. And always helpful to us, and to others in our lives.
Connections. That’s what life is all about!
(((HUGS)))
PS…your beautiful sky of clouds looks like a blanket of warmth!
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Happy weekend?
Beautiful poem, high summers,
nice days
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A cleverly written poem. Those connections are so important. Yes, thrive, imperfections or not.
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I love the way you wrote it, style I think it’s called.
Happy weekend
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This made me laugh. I never follow a mould! I find it cool when people are able to. This style you used now (the continuation and links) is very much my style. Keep experimenting, I’m interested to see all you come up with.
Love, light and glitter
G’night to you
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You have knitted this so well 🙂
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lovely thought, the warmth of people surpasses the warmth of clothes
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Very nice poem, Kate and it is so nice to be connected to everyone you meet. Peeling of the layers one by one that was superb.
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Thought provoking …….. Peeling off those layers is the most difficult task . ……but it’s so important to open our hearts to receive love and care …… lovely
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funny that i wrote about imperfection yesterday – it is a beautiful post
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So true. It’s all interconnected.
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May you long find comfort in all these layers of kindness and understanding Kate 🙂💞💜💞
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This is an excellent poem, Kate. I also enjoyed the style.
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Oh wow what a lovely read.🌷
Its almost monsoon here, but we cannot yet beat the heat of summers. I envy the winters now.😂
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Enjoyed reading the way the poem is connected.
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Absolutely agree, Kate. Layers – or complexities – are what make life so enjoyable, giving it such richness and depth. Plus, they represent a puzzle for us to “solve” when trying to understand others.
The more we work to understand, often the greater the emotional reward when we do.
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