Tag: balance

Poetry by Patrick JenningsSep 16, 202311:24 pm

merald Sunset, Emerald Lake, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada

Darkness and Light

Every sunset
Leads to night

Every night
Leads to sunrise

Ever the flow
Of darkness and light

Poetry by Patrick JenningsAug 12, 20227:00 am

The Ebb & Flow of Possibility

In between
The dead
And the not dead

In between
What is
And what is not

In between
The light
And the not light

There find
The realm
Of possibility

Seen only
By those who conceive
A world without absolutes

Where dreamers dream
Between sleeping
And waking

While the world flows
Between being
And non-being

In the wakening hours we dance
Between self-remembering
And self-forgetting

This is the ebb and flood
Between the conscious
And the unconscious

Like the darkness
And the light
In eternal conflict

Only the master sees
The dominance of either
Is true darkness

While the light burns brightest
In those who come to know
The balance of both

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 28, 202211:22 pm

Clouds in an Azure Sky, Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo Ferry, British Columbia, Canada

Transition ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #304

This flow of life
This stream of possibility
This realm of plausible hope

Where I have seen
The interplay of darkness and light

And from it learned truly

That neither is possible
Without the other

Each renders texture upon the other
While the transitions between
Reveal the greatest insights

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 25, 20212:01 pm

Chandelier, Jama Masjid Mosque, Chandni Chowk, New Delhi, India

Yearning for the Light of Darkness

An ornate lamp hangs
In a gentle place
There to illuminate
When darkness falls

A beautiful ornament
In the clear light of day
Would create a spectacle
In the dim hues of night

And now I wish
I had seen this room
Bathed in the prismatic glow
Which gives shape to the dark

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 7, 202111:00 pm

Angel of the Ganga, Ganges River, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

A Beautiful Thought

What a surreal day
He thought as he sought a much
More beautiful thought

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 26, 20209:55 am

What Balance Looks Like

At the intersection
Of darkness and light
I discover rainbows

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 14, 20208:12 pm

Shadow and Light II, Museu de les Ciències, Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, Valencia, Spain

Sensation, meaning, beauty.

Form and line
Texture and tone
Juxtapositions of shape
Balance of thirds

These sensations of the eye
Become meaning in my mind
And beauty in my being

Poetry by Patrick JenningsFeb 28, 20207:00 am

Asymmetrical, Charles V Palace, the Alhambra, Andalucia, Spain

Asymmetrical Balance

Sometimes
No, often
It is in asymmetry
That I find balance
And beauty

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJun 14, 201910:26 pm

I Walk in Rainbow Slippers, Window Graphic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

I Walk on Rainbow Splinters

Some people think they know me
But I know they cannot know me
Can’t see my misfortune
Guess they don’ wanna know me

I am just a pilgrim
Saffron shows my devotion
Ain’t afraid of no hard road
Fill my heart with passion

Walk thru the fire
Fly thru the fear
See the signs along the path
Though the end remains unclear

Walk in mindful silence
See what breath can do
Walk on rainbow splinters
Leave behind gurus

Seek it, you will find it, seek, seek
Walk on rainbow splinters

‘Til I Wake Up ,’Til I Wake Up, ‘Til I Wake Up ,’Til I Wake Up

I breathe in the light
Exhale the darkness
Pride begins to fade
And I forget the malice

Balance light and dark
Rising from the gutter
Melt my pain like butter
And my heart begins to flutter

Seek it, you will find it, seek, seek
Walk on rainbow splinters
Seek it, you will find it, seek, seek
Walk on rainbow splinters

‘Til I Wake Up ,’Til I Wake Up, ‘Til I Wake Up ,’Til I Wake Up

Seek it, you will find it, seek, seek
Walk on rainbow splinters

Gautama Buddha
Come along on my journey
Bring your Dharmakaya, your Sambhogakaya, your Nirmanakaya
And your 500 lives
The illuminating candle
Apsaras, guiding angels
Gautama Buddha
Gautama Buddha
Bodhisattva of compassion
Master who taught the light

With you Gautama
With you Gautama

‘Til I Wake Up ,’Til I Wake Up, ‘Til I Wake Up ,’Til I Wake Up

Seek it, you will find it, seek, seek
Walk on rainbow splinters
Seek it, you will find it, seek, seek
Walk on rainbow splinters

Gautama Buddha
Shining on the river of light….

Poetry by Patrick JenningsDec 22, 201810:59 pm

This Cacophony of Being, Britannia Mine, Britannia Beach, British Columbia, Canada

On the Cacophony of Being

This spirit of life

This beauty
This pain
This anguish
This love

This cacophony of being
That is I
That is experience
That is action

Tension of light and dark
Tension of right and wrong
Never grey
Never muted

That mud of fear
That mud of anger
Gripping at my heart
Gripping at my mind

But I will not
Go under
But I will not
Lie down

Or die
In the silence
Of living
Without venture