These are ghosts
White
With bloodied teeth
Dead
Inside the cold room
Shiver and sweat, feel along the walls
Water
Drip……drip…..dripping in tears
Into a puddle
Of blood muck
Sticky in the dark
Fear and fumble for the exit
A midnight moon, it’s way past bedtime
Shine the light back to safety
Written on a day when I was teaching (and learning) about Thai ghosts.
The form is a Paiku. The Piaku form takes part of its name from the fact that the syllable count for each line matches the digits in Pi.
Pi: 3.14159 26535 897
Inspired by this Paiku at Moonwashed Musings and the first line is a variation on the Karate song ‘There Are Ghosts’
Today I’m feeling:
Tired on waking, so I snoozed for an extra 30 minutes, skipping exercise.
I was sitting at House from 8am until 3.30pm. Before lunch I got a bit of reading and writing done and after lunch I finished off a couple of lesson plans and was feeling inspired to do more but had to go and pick up Amy to take her to the hospital as she will stay overnight with her dad as he is due to have his operation this evening.
Today I’m grateful for:
My usual Jetyod dispensary that had brownies and gummies in stock. I’m hoping to sleep well tonight but hope I still feel ok in the morning too.
Sometimes I still feel sleepy in the morning after eating this.
The best thing about today was:
Really getting into the flow whilst working at House today. Time pretty much flew by and I was enjoying every second of it.
What was out of your control today and how did you handle it?
After sitting for a little while at the cafe I noticed a dull ache in my left hip joint which has gotten steadily worse throughout the day and causing me to limp a little. It is very tender to touch.
I’m assuming I must’ve overdone it with the exercising earlier this week.
I hope it doesn’t disturb my sleep and I definitely won’t be doing any exercise on it in the morning.
Something I learned today?
My students at the competition all messaged me to tell me that they had done well, coming 2nd or 3rd place, which they were all quite proud of. I’m still waiting to find out about others too.
Review your acts, Good and bad.
After I got back from the city I took some cookies to Baipad and her sister and mum. It was already getting a little dark so she wasn’t keen to practice riding the bike so I managed to twist her arm to get in her mum’s car and we just went through everything in front of her, without going anywhere.
I told her I should be free tomorrow afternoon and if it works out, we can practice driving. She threw her arms up in a semi-mocking fright but also a happy resignation that if I push her to do it, then she doesn’t have a choice.
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