indeed

discretion is indeed

of great virtue

passing away

in all discretion

after a glamorous life

can have its own grace

ever since

deep layers of

old emotions

coming to the surface

claiming the tenderness

they never received

in the first place

and has been longing for

ever since

muscle

the mind is like a muscle

it can be trained

educated

shaped

it is trained

educated

and shaped

whether we are aware or not

freedom is to be found

in the choice

how to train

educate

and shape it

better

there are so many ways

to act

not one is better

than the other

the importance is

to act according

to the given measure

exhaustion

waking up to exhaustion

is not necessarily what one dream of

yet it might be a reality

worthy to face

not as a punishment

nor as a failure

just a state

as so many others

compass

arriving at a crossroad

with no map

is not necessarily

obvious

the less when the inner compass seems

to have lost its needle

to silence and pose for a moment

might be the best way ahead

map

when the map

which has been navigated after

leads to places

where nothing thrives

it might be

that time has come

to look

for another map

ghosts

a night full of ghosts

and a glorious sunrise

after days of grey

approval

cold winds harassing

the fragile beauty of spring

strengthening what is strong enough

to survive

eliminating everything

which is not

looking to another for approval

is eliminating the transformative power

of the moment