Two mortals align
Embracing the immortal
Beauty beyond time
Transcendence
Author: Taruna
Floral Gifts
Unequivocal beauty
Blooming grace, like a dance
Drawing riches from the terra
Your petals defy the science
Fluttering delicately
Like wings of the butterfly
Yet with the strength of an army
You win each battle for my heart
How gloriously you entrance me
Leading back to simplicity of gratitude
Smiling outside and inward
Warmth of omnipresence made tangible
Bliss
Sun, Moon
Water, Land
Sky, Mountains
Nature?
Science?
Awe inspired
Not in the explanation
But in the feeling
Delight
Gratitude
In the amazement
You, Me
Here, Now
So blessed
Period.
Day Light Robbery
Followed by the past
Regrets and sorrows
Allowing misdeeds to haunt
And losses to be still mourned
Enticed into future unknowns
Anxiety brews and curdles
Then tighten like balls of rope
Leaving you strangled
Thus the theft goes on
Of simple joys of daily life
Peace and delights of the night
Left wide eyed yet seeing nothing
Ways of the times
Add to the stealthy steal
With incessant streaming
Procuring falsities, cloaked as realties
Living with this dichotomy
The perfect portrayal
The denied cracking shell
The emptiness deepens
The wealth of living
Thus robbed
In broad daylight
Voluntarily handed over
Man is left in his illusion
Floundering with wolves at his heel
Questioning his purpose
Is there any way out?!
Is there no protection plan
From this theft
No solution to this anxiety
To dissolve the pain
Yes, present and constant
Granted at birth
Enjoyed most
As the carefree child
Willful to pursue and perceive
Simple wonders and delights
Joyful to embrace
Smiles, laughter and love
And free
From yesterday and tomorrow
Living the only truth
Found in the present of today
So be enamored
With what lays in the palm of the hand
Look back no longer
And look forward only one step
Anchor in now
Allow no more theft
As the grandest of treasures
Is right here, right now!
If love is not…
If love is not fear
It must be bravery
Bravery to fight the demons
That fuel all our fears
Bravery to stand tall and breathe in air
Knowing it is the shield in life
If love is not guilt
It must be freedom
Freedom to confront
The choices you’ve made
Choices leading to hurt
Then freedom to choose your healing
If love is not judgement
It must be acceptance
Acceptance that all is
Just how it’s meant to be,
And that there is a path
Not of good or bad,
But of learning and discovery
So love is… bravery
Love is…freedom
And love is… acceptance
Love in its deepest form
Is acknowledgement,
That there is YOU
You in this time
You with this life
You with all your
Demons and divinity,
Making the wholesomeness
You are meant to be.
Don’t miss the Play
Photo by TW
In the grand scheme of this intriguing play
Perhaps we are insignificant
Like the little robin
In just another tree
Yet during the play
How positioned is he and we
To enjoy the array of fleeting pleasures
Dancing on the stage
From a hedge of roses
To fields of tulips
Mountain sides of poppies
And lakes skimmed with lotus
Where ever you may be
Rural or urban
Rustic or pristine
Don’t miss the current act
As some plays have one or two
Some three or four
But what is unknown
Is how many is yours!
♥️
A Winter’s Eve
Amidst the barren Trees, and dark threatening clouds, Gentle light prevails
Three Trees
Three trees?
Yes, three trees
The first, obvious
Standing upon the earth
Erect, strong, reaching
Providing shelter
Forever changing
The second, elusive
Etched upon the ground
Magical, intricate, delicate
Providing intrigue
Forever illusionary
The third, critical
Digging deep into the terra
Quiet, obscure yet resilient
Providing sustenance
Forever constant
Likewise, we too
Have three forms
This body
Owned and operated
The self image
Imagined and sought
This inner spirit
Forgotten or unknown
We are preoccupied
With one and two, are we not?
But perhaps switching the focus
To delve beneath the surface
Find those stabilizing forces
We too, can stand tall
Beautiful and worthy
Of this ecosystem
Here upon the Earth
New Dawn
With the rise of a new dawn
And with January, a new year
We look out to the horizon
And set a few goals
Another twelve months
Granted and held
Imagining with promise
Times full of both harmony and peace
With losses abundant
Restrictions innumerable
Set-backs repeated
And devastation rampant
From the year twenty, twenty
And profound lessons learnt
I trust we embark
On an entirely different tract
Whirl pooling around us
Negativity has left few untouched
Time now for a one eighty
With light and positivity
A warmth, an inclusion
With more meeting of the minds
For a prevailing clarity
So the darkness can be expelled
Perhaps rather than goals
We need instead to reset
The vision of hope
With the return to a strength and unity.
