And the prompt was a picture of an exercise bike with a FREE sign hanging on it. I chose to write about patience so that could also be the prompt:
Patience
Exercise is patient
until it isn't.
Then it's urgent
Then it's
now or never
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But we don't believe
our blood pressure is high
our cholesterol deposits turn to plaque
The ache in our lower back will become better
- if I just get a massage
- or go to a chiropractor
Hell, exercise won't reallign my spine
Exercise is patient, until it isn't.
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Books -- now books are patient.
They will hold their truths, lies, and secrets forever
Unopened.
Books never whine -
But they do build up . . .
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And grief - grief is patient
It will linger, waiting for your attention.
Waiting.
You can ignore it. It will wait.
It still waits.