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This account is now an archive of past musings. Thank you for the shared journey. ♡ New reflections at: MLWordSmith

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As the winter solstice marks the return of light, I’m gently turning a new page in my creative journey. My poetry, metaphysical reflections, and Echoes Woven with Grok now have a fresh, unified home on Instagram @mlwordsmith. I’d be honoured if you’d join me in this new space. This older page will remain as loving archives, with a pinned note guiding the way forward. Thank you for every step you’ve walked alongside me.
With gratitude and solstice blessings,
ML by @musingsoflove

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10 months ago

https://blog.mlwordsmith.com/2025/12/blessings-in-winters-mirror.html
#echoeswovenwithgrok #winter #introspection by @musingsoflove

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10 months ago

After fourteen turns around the sun with words in my hands, ten of them spent weaving poems for you here, the ink has stilled. The inner tide has drawn far out.

I am stepping into silence for a while…

No new verses for now.
Just listening.
Waiting.
Breathing.

Thank you for holding space for my lines all these years. I’ll return when the words return to me. Until then—be gentle with your own hearts. ~Maureen by @musingsoflove

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10 months ago

there are times when my hourglass needs flipping;
inspiration spent, only echoes left behind.

time for a clean turn; fresh grains of possibility
poised to fall, ready to flow freely once more. ©mlancaster #inspiration by @musingsoflove

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a year ago

Threads of Life: A Poetic Tapestry
http://books.apple.com/us/book/id6749918768 by @musingsoflove

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a year ago

let me knit a cloak of solace
each stitch a memory
to keep me warm

let me feel the air
fresh against my skin
soothed by the morning sun

let me craft a boat
in which to keep
me afloat
as I ride out the storms

let me once again
see a time of peace
before my days are done...

©mlancaster
~ from the threads of memories of Ireland I have woven a cloak to drape over my weary shoulders in these times of angst... if I could but go back and recapture the magic felt in the land of my soul… a place where my feet must have tread those many lives ago. Its breath upon my cheek, its ground solid beneath my feet —a rhythm that beats within my heart and courses through my veins. I have but to close my eyes and I am there, tasting the food, walking the land —exploring, connecting reigniting my soul. It’s tangible, yet so far out of my reach. The sand, the pebbles, cobblestones and earth all calling me back. Maybe if I simply let my fingers trace the steps within my being I can reclaim a piece of what that land means to me. Maybe the ties will strengthen me and help me endure the angst this world now promotes within me. Maybe this call for peace and tranquility will permeate the clouds of division and disperse them outwards to the sun. Maybe, just maybe…
#Ireland #TheBurren #memories by @musingsoflove

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a year ago

One of my first poems - included in this free eBook found at Apple Books: Threads of Life: A Poetic Tapestry
http://books.apple.com/us/book/id6749918768 by @musingsoflove

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a year ago

"To breathe is to exist, to write is to endure - for as breath is life's pulse, writing is one's soul song…" #mlsayings by @musingsoflove

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a year ago

My latest blog post: https://blog.mlwordsmith.com/2025/09/my-camino-of-words-finding-solace.html by @musingsoflove

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a year ago

where do you go
when you close yours eyes…? by @musingsoflove

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a year ago

to escape reality is to live in a land of make-believe
but it’s truly only a place meant to deceive

it might feel nice
filled with sugar and spice
it’s a world with no want
a place to be nonchalant

but there comes a time to return to reality
that place overrun with uncertainty
yet it is where you must stay
make peace —not back away

until your time here finds its end
the day-to-day you must fend
for in just the blink of an eye
it will be time to say your goodbye

then you will ponder at all that time wasted
of all you that missed and could have tasted

though it felt nice
all that sugar and spice
it was world with no gain
but simply only a fool’s domain

a daydream is nice
just enough to suffice
a way to release
a way to make peace
©mlancaster by @musingsoflove

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a year ago

if time
is a human construct
then why can’t I grab it and hold on
or why can’t I push it to move it along…

if memories
can feel like it was only yesterday
then why does time make far too many fade away

if only life
could slow down for us to savour the best
and speed up when summoned on our behest

the days
the weeks turning into months far too fast
the months to years —time’s relentless and steadfast ©mlancaster #time #life by @musingsoflove

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a year ago