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Choices

By Aviva Derenowski
January 9, 2023
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I have

twisted ways of thinking.

 

I see fault

in my husband’s thinking

as if I knew better.

Silencing him hurts me.

 

I interrupt my friend

in mid-sentence

as if I know what they’re going to say.

Silencing them hurts me.

 

I talk out of order

disturbing the peace of the assembly

as if I’m critical.

Silencing others hurts me.

 

I can change.

 

I’ll listen carefully to my husband,

I’ll listen carefully to my friend,

I’ll wait for my turn to participate.

 

I have choices.

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Aviva Derenowski

Aviva Derenowski lives in Staten Island, New York. She practices Vipassana meditation for an hour twice daily. She published three books, including Talking to my mother - 99 anecdotes and edited the anthology Celebrating Our Mothers. Aviva published poems in Ariel Chart, Love & Spine Fiction Showcase, and Literary Yard; short fiction in Synchronized Chaos; and non-fiction in Communities.

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