Tend
Ex-tending myself for far too long
In-tending to slow and embrace ease
But I was just Pre-tending.
Now Con-tending with the after effects of the stress.
Unin-tended consequences none-the-less happening,
When you have a Tend-ency to overdo it for far too long.
So now I must At-tend to my not so selfish needs
With extreme Tend-erness in body, mind and soul.
Tend-ing to my hearth and home madly, gladly with ease.
©Donna Donabella 2017
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Every year I pick a word to help guide my year. This year TEND came up with ease, shining down giving me peace and healing just to say it. I started a healing path in late 2016, and found my ROAR, my voice and power, again this past year…..now I want to TEND to my inner fire, my home within and surrounding me.
I am joining in with Poets United for their weekly poetry link up for poets who blog.
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A TEND-er reflection, Donna. Happy New Year.
Thank you totomai. Happy New Year
Love your play with ‘Tend’ …Happy New Year Donna 🙂
That pleases me Sumana. It just seemed to flow naturally making me feel connected to the power of this new year’s word.
I really like your word of the year, Donna. It definitely seems a most meaningful word, and it has so many variations. I hope as well to be able to tend to what is most important in 2018 and not be distracted constantly by things that interfere with peace of mind. Happy New Year, Donna. And be tend-er with yourself all year! Smiles.
Thank you Mary. I wish you much tend-erness and peace this coming New Year!
What a beautiful and strange word. Tending is caring. When I look at the word I also see “the end.”
A very interesting take on tend. I suppose I am ending many aspects of this year as I open to the new one. Lovely. Thanks Colleen.
Love the tenderness with tend… Happy new year.
It felt so easy and full of tenderness indeed. Happy New Year!
What a wonderful word to head into a new year. May we all Tend to what matters–in ourselves and the rest.
Happy New Year.
Yes what a lovely wish for the New Year Magaly!
I so know the feeling, we do too much, extend yourselves beyond our limits, then have to retreat and restore our depleted selves. I am happy to be home in my quiet rooms, resting up after holiday travelling, which was good but exhausting. Hope the new year is good to you, Donna.
Thank you Sherry and I extend my wishes for a healthy, peaceful and blessed New Year to you too!
Happy New Year, Donna! Love the play on words with “tend”–we all need a little tenderness!
Thanks so much Loredana….wishing you a beautiful New Year!
This is so beautifully eloquent. Sometimes its important to tend to our fragile souls so as to cater to needs of those around us 🙂 Wishing you love and peace in 2018!
Absolutely Sanaa…I will continue to tend to my soul and its purpose…..And I wish you peace too in the coming New Year!
Love it.
A small word which encompasses so much.
I hope your New Year is gentler and kinder than the last. A wish I extend to the world.
A beautiful wish for the world Soosie….And a wish I hope for you too in the New Year!
Yes, tend madly and gladly to the hearth and the home where your heart lines. Be kind to your self.
Living with Happiness – I tend to do that, it the most wonderful thing.
Love and peace to you Donna. Have a wonderful 2018.
Anna :o]
Thank you Anna I will madly and gladly tend my heart. Love and peace to you too!
Love your play with the word “tend.” It takes on an even richer meaning. Happy New Year, Donna.
Oh thanks so much Sarah. It was fun to play with my new word.
My words for the new year are hope and joy. I like your word “tend”. We all need to take care of ourselves and each other. Happy New Year!
I like your words too….hope is so important especially after the year we have had! Happy New Year!
Nice word play… happy new year Donna!
So glad you enjoyed the word play as much as I did….wishing you a wonderful New Year!
Much enjoyed the composition Donna. I was hoping you would use Tendril but perhaps next time!
Oh I missed that one. Glad you enjoyed it!
lovely wordplay with the word. i think the word is pretty much neglected, in our anger and hustle and bustle. so yeah, it is time to pay more attention to those that we hold most dear.
have a Happy New Year, Donna. 🙂
I couldn’t agree more. Happy New Year!
What a lovely word! And already you find so many ways to apply it.
That’s what made it perfect. How easily it presented itself.
That is awesome wordplay! I enjoyed it very much.
Oh I am so pleased….thank you Bekkie!
Clever!! I’m glad you remembered to include tenderness.
That pleases me and of course I couldn’t forget tenderness!
I loved how you played with ‘Tend’.
Thank you. It was fun to allow myself the word play.
This post sent me to the dictionary. I hadn’t really appreciated all the meanings of “tend,” and I wanted to know how they are all related. I learned that “tend” comes from the Latin verb tendere — to stretch, extend, or proceed. Perfect!
It is a versatile and fun word.