leans her weary head,
hair is stroked for comfort
on her mama’s chest
wicked images flash
every space inside her brain
melts into her soul
© Tournesol ’15/12/22
I’m so happy I found this website at Bastet and Sekhmet
Written for The Secret Keeper Writing Prompt:
Week 16 COMFORT | HEAD | SPACE | MELT | WICKED |
Tournesol dans un Jardin 
this is beautiful! It captures that moment when everything is made all right by a mother’s touch.
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I think that’s why we feel so good having our hair washed at the hairdresser (my mom was also a hairdresser).
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I–ah–can’t stand strangers touch my hair. So I skip the hair washing and just get a quick cut once or twice a year. I have long hair and they just yank on it making my scalp ache! Not something I like getting done…
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I go once a year now as I also want to keep my hair long and when I ask to cut only the ends, they snip off 2 inches. My daughter doesn’t like her head touched either…best part of a massage
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I’ve been told massages are great if you get the right person.
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Definitely!! I am fussy with that…do not want a chatterbox cos it is MY time. I talk on the phone counselling all day, so if they talk too much I want to scream and say SHUT UP…but I don’t just go somewhere else. I am looking for one now.
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I don’t like strangers touching me; so I’ll leave the massages to those who like that
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Alrighty then.
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To find that comfort sometimes is absent. Many years can go by before the comfort is found. It’s a rough subject you pull out of the 5 words. A delicate trip to take. The flash back taking her back. It is necessary for her mind to escape the images. Melting into her soul is a good place to find safety. Your Haiku should pull at the strings of those who want to comfort and those who need the comforting. Your use of the 5 words was a moving trip through childhood and time. I hope you come again. – jk
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Thank you for your lovely comment. I enjoyed this prompt even if it was not a Christmas like tone to it…realities sometimes fuse my muse:)
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All parts of life need to be views. It just how one does it.
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so true!
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