Kwanza lodge Kwanza River River of dreams River of schemes Schemes of lust Schemes of joy Joy in itself Joy in being Being here Being near Near to bliss Near to this This escape This repose Repose required Repose inspired Inspired by beauty Inspired by calm Calm as day Calm as night Night closes in Night enfolds Enfolds the spirit Enfolds the dream Dream of me Dream of you You in harmony You at peace Peace and quiet Peace flows Flows like a river Flows through everything Everything, everywhere Everything right Right for here Right for now Now, the moment Now, the place Place in time Place in history History winks History thinks Thinks of today Thinks of a way Way to make amends Way to move on On my own On the way Own Way
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Neurons firing Across carriageways Under construction Messages half sent Half-received Half conceived Fantastical plans Free of consequence Free of sense Forging ahead To freedom Independence Responsibility looming 'Clean your room' ing All happening too soon Errors of judgement Under the spotlight Decisions of ego Seemed like Such a good idea At the time Practicing adulthood Without the tools Ill-equipped Metaphorically Hand-held And understood Letting go Safety-netted Still abetted A journey toward Self-actualisation A revelation
Burn the wick
Just as the flame can burn the hand That strays incautiously too close Blistered reminder of impulse So the hand can snuff the flame, command Extinguish the light and the heat Its purpose quashed and incomplete Gentle shielding will understand Nurture, direct the naked light Use its power for doing right Protect the flame,reprimand The feisty draught set to blow out The light offering to end doubt The thoughts and actions left unplanned In darkness fester and take on A life, a needless marathon Illuminated, become grand The candle flickers and breathes life Burning passions put paid to strife
Essence
A precious gift winged back graciously with a newfound comrade
Requested, admittedly, but despite that still nicely played
Tiny little thoughtful gestures, building bridges, setting scenes
Providing succour, nourishing, customising host cuisines
What begins as a love/hate relationship makes us braver
This is now a comfort, familiar and homely savour
More heartfelt, problematic and contentious than mere flavour
Let me open your secrets and won’t you come to my aid?
Darker and scarier than multitudinous Halloweens
It’s a matter of taste, I insist, my point to belabour
There she blows
The day is stifling heat Humid,even here,to the touch Excitement felt at the promise Realistic, though, bet-hedging as ever Eager for a sighting, full of hope Scanning the twinkling seas Humpback whale, oceanic mammoth Each false sighting helps anticipate... Behind us! goes the cry. We look, absorb Launching, a balletic, fun-filled twirl One, three, four - performance in macro Whales breach, flukes splash, blowholes blow Scenes of splendour, humbling memories
You Smiling Complicit A shared moment Of trust and of hope Something passed between us Something profound and surreal Daring us to grasp on, hold tight Never letting this moment leave us Hungrily holding on with all our might Knowing now, this is not just another night A hint of a future, suddenly real Not imagined, extant and bright More than the sum of our parts A shared vision of hearts Time now to absorb Eternity nears And how you Fulfil Me