A juggernaut
Of intricate
Each rosette
So delicate
Of intricate
Each rosette
So delicate
Tag: Thailand
Some doors…
Some doors invite
Some doors challenge
Some doors bar
Some doors beg
Some doors challenge
Some doors bar
Some doors beg
Sometimes
It’s difficult to tell
Which is which
Until I try to open them
Living with the riff-raff
Sometimes I think
It would be nice
To have a many-headed serpent
Guarding my front door
Barring the riff-raff and chaff
It would be nice
To have a many-headed serpent
Guarding my front door
Barring the riff-raff and chaff
Gold, Azure and Crimson
Religion fascinates me
The passion and devotion
Of its practitioners
Equaled in vibrancy
By the colour palette
Of its expression
The passion and devotion
Of its practitioners
Equaled in vibrancy
By the colour palette
Of its expression
Naga
Naga coil their way
Down the temple arches
Ornate and incomplete
Already exquisite
Down the temple arches
Ornate and incomplete
Already exquisite
The many-headed serpents
Protect the temple
Protect its people
Protect Buddha and Buddhism
Expressing the divine within
The works of women and men
Are seldom so exquisitely beautiful
As when they are motivated by passion
For something greater than themselves
Are seldom so exquisitely beautiful
As when they are motivated by passion
For something greater than themselves
Whether that passion be God
Or Gaia
An ideal
Or a cause
Beauty
Or love
Tak on the Andaman Sea
There are some combinations of people, places and experiences permanently etched in my aging memory. For example, the ever-smiling, ever-present, energetic Tak, who I met at a Krabi, Thailand resort. He was an every-thing employee. Concierge, server, maintenance, bell-boy. There seemed hardly an event, a meal, a moment at the collection of bungalows which did not involve his presence.
Places of Tranquility
There are places
Of peace
Of tranquility
Of peace
Of tranquility
Places where we simply
Are
Places where we simply
Be
Fascinating
How often I find
Places of worship there
Symmetry and Shadow
Exquisite symmetry
Broken only by shadows
Fallen astray
Creating:
Broken only by shadows
Fallen astray
Creating:
Shape
Beauty
Insight
Possibility
Broken things
The things we can make
Of broken things
Surprise and delight
Like a mosaic,
Or a temple
Of broken things
Surprise and delight
Like a mosaic,
Or a temple
The friends we can make
Of broken friends
Surprise and delight
Like a lover
Or a mentor
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