(Wendy Cabell, June 7, 2024, Rosh Chodesh (new moon) of Sivan, Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests, and feast day of the Apparition of Saint Joseph in Cotignac, Blessed Anne of Saint Bartholome and Blessed Basilissa Fernandez. On Jewish calendar today is (above) Flood Waters Recede (2105 BC). Image from here.)
And Mom still calls me Wendy bird
that summer I was 22, first time flyer
the stewardess glides through her routine
seasoned travelers close their eyes
and for me the surprise comes at take off
this familiarity of sky –- See, I’m far
more rooted here than I ever was
on sound ground
*From prompt: Freewrite as inspired by the etymology of fear and excerpts from “I was a roller coaster girl” by jessica Care Moore. From Lisa Freedman’s BreathReadWrite, June 7, 2024.
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