Remedy for Melancholy
Read Quantum Physics theory
Underline the best parts
Find poems in lost places
Wear a leopard skin pillbox hat
Let go of a goal
Loosen a knot
Count your lucky stars
Get lost in art
Look both ways
Carry your weight
Clear the dust
and keep a promise
________Colleen Redman / Poets and Storytellers United / Remedy for Grief HERE / Remedy for Depression HERE.
September 8th, 2023 9:23 am
Yes to any or all. Going off script can feel like falling off a cliff, as it’s so easy to get stuck in a groove.
September 8th, 2023 11:16 am
Ooooh….love leopard skin anything…good idea to paint the toe nails….not sure about the quantum physics…maybe Summa Theologica….love the ending …count your lucky stars and hold on to your own. A clever and most enjoyable poem.
September 8th, 2023 12:56 pm
Excellent
September 8th, 2023 2:19 pm
Hi there Colleen, Good to back… Love the anarchic joy in this and the artful juxtapositions too…
My favourite lines:
“Find poems in lost places
Wear a leopard skin pillbox hat”
AND
“Paint your toenails
Come out of the closet”
September 8th, 2023 3:34 pm
Fascinated by Quantum Physics, which make perfect sense as I read, or watch TV programmes on the subject, but leave me at a loss once I come back to the everyday world. lol.
September 8th, 2023 11:30 pm
Quantum Physics is as fascinating as it is inscrutable… but definitely has therapeutic properties!!!
September 9th, 2023 9:30 am
Shaking things up does have a way of shifting someone’s mood, but I wonder at the coming out of the closet part. While yes, finally being true to oneself is the most liberating feeling, there are far too many instances where it’s not safe for someone to be out. I know people who have been disowned by families or thrown out on the streets. It’s not a thing to be done lightly, and there can be additional melancholy when others around shun you for it.
September 9th, 2023 9:38 am
Very sound advice, especially the quantum physics bit.
September 9th, 2023 9:44 am
Rommy, I’m not proposing these for others. Everyone would have their own list. Mine are primarily metaphoric or used as idioms. There are lots of reasons to come out of ones closet.
September 10th, 2023 8:40 am
For an uncomfortable time I kept dreaming of coming out of a closet (literally). It bothered me so much because I felt I was trying to tell myself something and I needed to figure it out. I did finally. I left my church, which is a good church with good people, but I was no longer in sync with their beliefs and doctrine. I’m sad about what I’ve lost but also feel a freedom I never had before, Sorry for the long post but every coming out of the closet has a different meaning, right?
September 10th, 2023 8:53 am
Yes, Debi. I have dreamt about my childhood closet and my sister’s closet often. It’s a place of the psyche and stored memory for me.
September 10th, 2023 6:51 pm
Wise words! Love that last stanza, and I was especially struck by “Let go of a goal” for sometimes that is true progress! Thanks for the reminder 🙂
September 10th, 2023 7:50 pm
I might have to pass on the quantum physics, lol, and on drawing attention to my stubby little toes. But overall it sounds like fun, and I guess we might all devise our own personal lists. Actively seeking such remedies is surely what counts.
September 11th, 2023 12:04 am
My bucket list changes, items done or given up doing.
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