Dectina Refrain, Haiku

Let In Calm: Dectina Refrain and Haiku

The Sicilian Storyteller

Written for Moonwashed Weekly Prompt (“hope for”)
and Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge (“impatience).
Here is my Dectina Refrain followed by a Haiku.

Image by Ingo Jakubke from Pixabay 

Fret,
Worry,
Useless fears
Swirl in our brains
Dance of impatience
When all we should hope for
Is a peaceful mind and heart
Every day is its own journey
Our destination is preordained
Fret, worry, useless fears swirl in our brains

The journey is short
No time for useless worry
Be still, let in calm

NAR©2024

Dectina Refrain:
This refrain is written as follows:
1st line – 1 syllable, 2nd line – 2 syllables
3rd line – 3 syllables, and so on for 9 lines;
the 10th line is comprised of the first four lines
as one stand-alone line.

Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – Hope for
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Impatience

This is the extraordinary “Bridge Over Troubled Water” by Simon and Garfunkel

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26 thoughts on “Let In Calm: Dectina Refrain and Haiku”

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  3. oh yes. Best to worry less.
    “I worried a lot… Finally I saw that worrying had come to nothing.
    And I gave it up. And took my old body
    and went out into the morning,
    and sang.

    by Mary Oliver”

    your poem and lovely form made me think of the above. Love your words. Thanks.

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  7. It is difficult to watch our elders with dementia try and navigate their new days with patience when they remember passed freedoms…

    Your verse though is appilicable to every stage of living. May we all stress less and live as best we can, more.

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      1. A most difficult choice – Another gent I knew, had to make the choice to put his spouse in full care of others (she had developed her dementia too early) so he could continue to be there for his children…

        Sometimes elders do not make easy choices to live far from those who could help, making communication harder (with all involved, those providing close care and those having to make the long distance choces and those who can see what should be done, but have no say at all…).

        Then there are others who like a neighbor I had – had no children and chose to have a stranger make the needed choices…

        All the best. It is not an easy road for the one cared for, the caregiver and those others who have to ‘watch’.

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