The sky is source
sun, rain, wind
the seasons
And I?
I spread my branches
all grace and reverence
basking in magnificence
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Waiting ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #19
I wait
For the flood tide of tourists
Arriving on buses
Destined for Islands
And secluded beaches
For the flood tide of tourists
Arriving on buses
Destined for Islands
And secluded beaches
Carrying their openness
And prejudice
With equal tenacity
Conscious only
Of their openness
Stairway in the Heavens
She couldn’t afford
The stairway to heaven
So there it was
Floating weightless
Just beyond the reach of those
Born too low, or fallen too far
Strange Forms
Strange forms
Provoke me
To alter my idea
Of strange
Provoke me
To alter my idea
Of strange
Which alters my idea
Of beauty
Which alters my idea
Of love
And so
My capacity
For compassion
Grows
Lightened
Enamoured of Truth
And science
And knowledge
And politics
And justice
And philosophy
Was I
And science
And knowledge
And politics
And justice
And philosophy
Was I
Filled with hubris
And righteousness
And anger
And cleverness
And vitriol
Was I too
Then I encountered Buddha
And the Dao, too
Tha Tien
I am sitting over a bowl of Tom Yum soup and a Singha, both a perfect antidote for heat and humidity. Large prawns spooned out of an oily, spicy broth. Baby corn cobs, fresh picked, are an explosion of flavour, like an entire cob of spring corn in a single bite. I chill my burning lips with a draft from the Singha, an ice cold lager which makes up with chill effervescence what it lacks in taste.
The air, like Earth
In a roly poly land
I stand atop a hill
Above the grasses and gum trees
Feeling the air ripple across me
It fills the space of this wide open land
As if it were part of the Earth
I stand atop a hill
Above the grasses and gum trees
Feeling the air ripple across me
It fills the space of this wide open land
As if it were part of the Earth
Ghost Gum
When a ghost gum seed
Falls into a small crevice
Of a rocky slope
Where the hot afternoon sun falls
I know the tenacity of life
When a strong tree stands there
Defiant, glorious, stolid
Falls into a small crevice
Of a rocky slope
Where the hot afternoon sun falls
I know the tenacity of life
When a strong tree stands there
Defiant, glorious, stolid
Calm ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #16
There is a moment
Between what has been
And what will come
When the hectic falls away
Between what has been
And what will come
When the hectic falls away
A time to reflect
A time to bask
A time to collect
And recollect
As if a god had decided
On a dreary grey day
On the Andaman Sea
The sky opened up
And sunlight poured through
On the Andaman Sea
The sky opened up
And sunlight poured through
Sharp rays raking the dull air
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