our human, social, world

being continuously atremble,

awash, with intense indignation

affront and affray..

so easily and naturally

do we become sucked into its

manifestations,

scarcely having time

to breathe..

swept up, as we are

in self righteousness,

defending our

fragility..

our supposed

injustices become

dams that shore us up,

keeping ‘predators'

at bay..

shutting our eyes,

ears and minds

to possibilities

that error rests

upon our shoulders..

so quick as we are,

to shield our selves,

do we cast culpability,

scattering seeds, nay boulders 

of protective disenchantment

with our fellow voyagers

to all four corners

of our barren, windswept

defences..

let us still affairs

for just a moment.

it comes to pass

that, within a cherished silence,

we may open to

a clearer understanding -

a fairer discernment

of our social predicament..

casting an unjaundiced eye across

this vast panorama of

human mistrust and desolation,

it is not possible

to allay the waves of

compassion and tenderness

for the poverty within compatriot hearts,

that causes these overwhelming

feelings of alienation and despair..

oh, to trust that all

works out for the common good!

it is thus that I live my life;

I refuse to succumb to

the detritus and depths

of internecine depravity

and vow to hold my own -

follow my best instincts

and survive to

live another day

in truth, love

and joy..

as the year reaches it summer climax,

our oval globe turns its northern face

inexorably closer toward the sun,

giver of glow and beam..

the verdant vegetation swells,

surrendering in humid intensity..

the very soil purrs in fecundity,

its serpentine inhabitants

wriggling this way and that,

providing the ether that fertilises

and gives succour to all manner

of life..

I too behold an passion, an excitement

that swells within my breast, filling

me with hope and elation..

I arise early -

already the sky, grey green,

presages the brilliant dawn that

comes apace and unchallenged..

a buoyant optimism abounds,

still on the right side of time,

the days gathering length and pace,

always the promise of longer days to come..

fuelling, like the most marvellous orchestra

of myriad perceptions, a gathering

crescendo of happiness and light..

noisily chattering, the sky-life

flitters this way and that,

bound for nowhere -

existing merely in this very

moment, for its own sake..

seemingly far distant,

that uncalled for zenith -

the peak, the turning point,

subliminally obscured and

presently redundant..

the moment when all

manner of truths alight,

and an autumnal murmur

gathers pace, silently seeking its

role in our unforeseen advance

into a new age..

but, for the moment

let us savour this freshness

and give thanks for this annual pilgrimage

toward the golden light..

oh

to transcend

the mortal passion,

ignorance

and apprehension

locked within

this fearful human

experience!

the beauty,

majesty and

freedom

of sitting still..

ascension

relinquishing

body and mind,

light..

the ease with which

I touch

the death of personality

never fails

to arouse,

to settle,

to refresh..

emancipation from the death throes

of ugliness and hatred -

this is

my daily struggle..

I bow deeply for each time

I have realised

these simple truths

‘pon my journey

‘cross this tortured

tundra of life..

I give thanks

to the Treasures

that herald my daily

 awakening..

I do.

to sit, in stillness,

with open heart,

is truly the act of

awakening..

open to the wonder,

pain and vicissitudes

of daily life,

the path

to understanding manifests,

with clarity and brilliance...

how is this?

it is not explained,

fellow traveller -

only perceived,

not thought on,

yet deeply felt..

yet words are clothes

of slim fabric that

shield us barely

from the fire of attention

that is the true requisite

attire for this parallel journey

into the light..

I wish to share with you the joy,

I wish to salve the fear that strikes your heart,

I wish only for your consideration

to propel you into the vast arena

of undiluted trust and harmony

which awaits you

patiently, lovingly and

compassionately..

then I can discard the pen

and sit along side you

silently, eternally..

with bows