𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘊.’s 30-Day Poetry Challenge Day 10 Prompt — Addressing self-imposed limits and restrictions
Tanka of the Dilemma of Being a Man With Lots of Female Friends
Energy attracts Current surges through my blood Blood hardens desire Yearnings are human nature Dare cross unfixed boundary
I have made many friends on Medium, many of whom I am sure I have known in many already lived lives.
Mind reads strangers’ texts assigning words my own voice Third-eye hears old friends’ distinctly familiar yet no conscious memory
That tanka and its relevance to the instant decoder ring is explained here:
Far and away most of my friends on Medium are women. I am very attracted to positive energy. Is it just that or are they unconsciously emitting energy with undercurrents of eros? I do not want to offend and hurt a friend and a friendship by probing. Plus, I am 54 and many of my friends are about 20 or more years younger. I am not trolling, but so many men do and so many women have been targets that one innocent very normal human inquiry could set off unwarranted alarm bells. Even typing this tanka explanation I find myself walking on eggshells, which is very unlike After-Awakening Era Self, but this is a delicate topic and requires a deft and decidedly not daft touch. I think I can stop here and the relevance to the prompt “Addressing self-imposed limits and restrictions” should be apparent and any friend who wants to continue this conversation in private should please feel free to do so, whether to declare a boundary or to open a border crossing.
Here is the link to 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘊.’s 30-day poetry challenge:
Here is the link to my previous entry — I love that the topic I chose to address today comes right on the heels of:
These days I slip easily and frequently in and out of my adult skin…
In Rama I create,