Beautifully Unique : A Modern-Day Emily Dickinson

Monday, July 29, 2013

A Modern-Day Emily Dickinson

Blogging Friends.... I am a self-declared "modern-day Emily Dickinson". That poetess would write lovely poems about locations which she had never travelled to. Such as the beach. All she needed was books to read and an active imagination!! I am a modern-day Emily Dickinson, because, Robert Downey Jr.? I never followed him during his addiction years. I was kind of too busy being a kid!! Thus, I read about Robert Downey Jr.'s past last Summer. {Which I would never recommend, by the way!! But I am a better person because I learned about him!!} Then, one year later, my poems were born!! Like Emily Dickinson, only a much weightier subject!! Thank-you for your comments on the other day's post!! I truly appreciated them!! It was much needed, too, because I had still been battling mood swing-infused pity parties regarding being learning disabled. Your votes/comments brought smiles, and laughter to my face!! Thank-you for that!! I am now {Cross your fingers and toes!!} "out of the woods", as that phrase goes. See, metaphorically speaking, I am a hardboiled egg. Ever notice how challenging they are to break? You can crack a hardboiled egg. But it is a lot of freakin' hard work to actually break its shell as you peel and peel and peel!! I am a hardboiled egg. I can crack, and I always eventually do. But I am hard to break!! Well, I finally "cracked", and spent my weekend fighting tears. Anyway. Back to the Robert Downey Jr. poems. Honestly? I do not have a favorite between the two!! And I composed them!! "Roads" basically "covers the bases", as that phrase goes. His addictions. Career struggles. The very grave fact that he could have {And all logic screams should have} killed himself. And "Chocolate Diamonds"? It was about how he was unhappy for so many years. And now? He is so happy, his eyes sparkle like chocolate diamonds!! That one was, I think, much more poetic than the first. However. I think that I would still give Robert Downey Jr. "Roads". Especially because it was such a "happy accident"!! Thus far, "Chocolate Diamonds" received three votes, and "Roads" got one. Which truly warms my heart!! Why? Because I wanted "Chocolate Diamonds" to be "better"!! Oh, and lest I forget. I also received one vote for both!! Thanks again!!

2 comments:

Sketching with Dogs said...: It just shows you that nomatter how down you feel sometimes there is always light at the end of the tunnel and you will soon feel better.
Hope you are back to your lovely cheerful self now.
Lynne x; July 29, 2013 at 10:10 AM
Mary Lou said...: Lynne....
Thank-you for the comment, Friend!!
"It just shows you that no matter how down you feel sometimes there is always light at the end of the tunnel and you will soon feel better. Hope you are back to your lovely cheerful self now.". I am!! I do feel better!! Thank-you!! ;op; July 29, 2013 at 2:16 PM

"It's A... Terrible Privilege"

{Taken from "The Avengers"}
Tony Stark: You know, I've got a cluster of shrapnel, trying every second to crawl its way into my heart.
[Stark points at the mini-arc reactor in his chest]
Tony Stark: This stops it. This little circle of light. It's part of me now, not just armor. It's a... terrible privilege.
Bruce Banner: But you can control it.
Tony Stark: Because I learned how.
Bruce Banner: It's different.
[Banner tries to read the computer screen, but Stark slides the data aside with his finger so the two can see face-to-face]
Tony Stark: Hey, I've read all about your accident. That much gamma exposure should have killed you.
Bruce Banner: So you're saying that the Hulk... the other guy... saved my life? That's nice. It's a nice sentiment. Save it for... what?
Tony Stark: I guess we'll find out.
[Banner and Stark get back to work at their respective computers]
Bruce Banner: You might not enjoy that.
Tony Stark: You just might.

Raelyn:

I am a 31-year old American woman. I was born with multiple birth defects. Craniosynostosis. {I did not have any soft spots.} Congenital diaphragmatic hernia. {I had a hole in my diaphragm.} And Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. {I had an irregular, rapid heartbeat.} All three birth defects have been surgically repaired!! I live with "developmental delays". Learning disabilities, if you will. Such as--unfortunately--premature short-term memory loss. Oh, and I have attention deficit disorder, as well!! I do not like to evade such an issue as my learning disabilities. No. It hurts sometimes to be different. I was also diagnosed with a condition called folliculitis decalvans. {I am more than likely going to lose my hair, go bald, and unveil twain Frankenstein-like surgically-created craniosynostosis scars. Permanently.} But God is gradually teaching me that we are all, as my phrase goes, Beautifully Unique!!