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Seeking Direction

Living in between the lines Kaleigh gets lost. She's always been directionally challenged, lacking any internal compass. Some would say morally as well. Free spirited. Impulsive. A simple walk round the block can end up with her miles from home, an unexpected urban adventure. Somewhere along the line it became her credo, with a little help from Chet Baker: Let's Get Lost. Her inability to stay the course defines her. Lost jobs, failed marriages, wandering eyes. Gets her in trouble time and time again. Fall down six times get up seven, preferably facing the opposite way, in someone else's sphere. Eventually she'll get so turned around, mired in the maze of wanderlustful reactionary decisions that she will find herself down under, so far from home that the road back disappears. Paths erode. Life alters course randomly in unexpected, unanticipated ways. Middle age set in and Kaleigh's stuck in stasis spinning in circles, no longer impelled by a desire to explore. Life,...

Tearing The Vines With Her Hands

She is in flux more than ever shedding skin dropping leaves in burnt orange rusting red aging golds. Preparing to hibernate so she can bloom again in verdant greens. Full round buds bursting with life hope potential. An ever expanding canopy of growth. Life begets life. The past withers on the ground turning to mulch. Food for thought. Penetrating her roots feeding her core nourishing new ideas like vines winding their way through cracks in the walls creating a canopy of shade respite dripping with ripe berries abundance for all.