I am an addict.
An addict.
I admit it.
ADDICT.
I am addicted.
Addicted.
That is what I am.
ADDICTED.
I want more.
And more.
No use pretending.
I want MORE.
I can’t stop.
Just can’t.
No use in hiding it.
I CAN’T.
I won’t stop.
Just won’t.
No use in lying.
I WON’T.
I am a junkie.
The more I have,
the more I want.
STUFF.
I am a user.
The more I get,
the more I crave.
CANDY.
I am a fanatic
in search of a high,
an escape, some serenity.
A TRIP.
I am dependent
on my next fix.
A place unknown to me
I SEEK.
I am a goer,
a wait-until-the-last-minute-er
a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants-er
a What’s-next-er
A VOYAGER.
I have a habit
that I never want to break.
New cultures and peoples and languages,
are lifeblood.
my FIX.
I am an enthusiast
searching for the next place
to explore.
©Maribeth Batcho
All Rights Reserved.
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Love it! Plenty of surprises. Right words, right format. Let’s get away for new discoveries.
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Didn’t know whee you wee going with this. Excellent piece and travel is the best kind of addiction.
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Just spent the past 3 weeks buying more plants that we don’t need, I thought I talking about plants, and my obvious addiction to having more. When I wrote A TRIP, the direction changed….
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I’m right there with you, nothing better than discovering new places and people. Loved the way you crafted this piece!
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That’s lovely for me to read this morning, Elsie. I had a big ? about it and almost didn’t publish it on TWT. Discovering is one of my many addictions. Have a terrific Tuesday!
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Once again, you and I share a common interest…travel. As you read in my piece today, I started doing it early in life and now am able to dip into my memory bank whenever I want to. We took a big trip to Germany this past Christmas season, but I am already restless to get to the next place. Just not sure where yet. Loved how you wrote the post…so intriguing to try to figure out where we would end up…kinda’ like traveling!
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I loved your piece and wished I could have had the same experiences. I started traveling at 22 but work was limiting. I have always been envious of people who can up and quit there jobs, travel, figure things out and restart. I do the next best thing, though. I decide today where I am going tomorrow. I prefer to travel to places where I don’t know the language or anyone there. I traveled alone until I met Frank. We have similar travel personalities 🙂
Trying to figure out this weekend, but after that, summer will figure itself out. I keep hearing Cuba in the back of my mind…
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Well, it’s not always a choice! Sometimes life gives you few options…. How nice that you have a traveling companion with whom you are very compatible. Cuba sounds interesting…but not in summer!
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A creative way to lure your readers in, and I thought you were writing about too much stuff, but glad you are addicted to the best thing, travel exploring! Love the surprise!
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Thank you for reading the piece, and especially for responding. The piece could have gone in any number of different directions-coffee, chocolate or orchids-for example. It ended up with my obsession with travel only at the last minute. Can’t get enough of it!
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I loved reading this. I felt a quick pace and kept wondering where is this going? Really great. I also love that you went with the piece- it sort of drove you as a writer. Thanks for sharing it.
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Nice of you to say that, Lisa. I was definitely along for the ride, and not the driver! Thanks again.
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We are on the same wave length…
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Just need to make a decision, but that won’t come until Friday
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I love how this piece began and left me wondering: what the heck? That euphoria we get from anything can sure become addictive, but travelling is loaded with so much more than this. I love the opportunity to escape from the limits of my own cultural corral see the world free of these boundaries.
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Exactly! I like seeing and feeling how others live, observing postures and body language, listening to conversations even if I don’t understand. I like the clash a change in culture will bring, questioning my reality and reasons for doing what I do. I think everyone should have these experiences..
By now you know that I like to weave a story without stating the obvious. There are often multiple meanings, for various reasons…
Thanks for visiting and for the thoughtful response.
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This was a journey all in itself. An addictive read. I was captivated. Thank you
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Reblogged this on Deuxiemepeau- Picturing Poetry by D. B. Donnelly and commented:
Sunday Sharing is here with a captivating, and dare I say addictive, poem from Maribeth Batcho found here on WordPress at Unleashed
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‘Chuffed’…thank you!
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Deservedly so
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