Some things don’t make sense until they’re over. In the meantime, friends, human and more-than-human, make life tolerable.

_{Shiba – photo by author}

what will be, will be

years have flown so why pretend

it doesn’t matter

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Three muses informed today’s senryu.

“Does Pinocchio turn into a real boy?

In the last moments of the film, as the newfound family walks out together, Jiminy Cricket comes to the end of his narration. He says that many stories were told about Pinocchio, with some claiming he becomes a real flesh-and-bone boy. However, Jiminy doesn’t know if that ever happened. But he says it doesn’t matter. What matters is that Pinocchio was brave, truthful and unselfish and that made him as real a boy as any!“ http://www.thereviewgeek.com/pinocchio2022-endingexplained/

It’s a Long Road to Freedom by Miriam Therese Winter

It’s a long road to freedom, a winding steep and high
But when you walk in love with the wind on your wing
And cover the earth with the songs you sing
The miles fly by

I walked one morning by the sea
And all the waves reached out to me
I took their tears, then let them be

I walked one morning at the dawn
When bits of night still lingered on
I sought my star, but it was gone

I walked one morning with a friend
And prayed the day would never end
The years have flown so why pretend

genius.com/Medical-mission-sisters-its-a-long-road-to-freedom-lyrics

irisharoundtheworld.com/irish-proverbs/

Giorraíonn beirt bother. A companion shortens a road.

When a friend helps time pass on a journey.