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7th October 2013, 14:38
#16
Beannacht – For Josie
On the day when
The weight deadens
On your shoulders
And you stumble,
May the clay dance
To balance you.
And when your eyes
Freeze behind
The grey window
And the ghost of loss
Gets into you,
May a flock of colours,
Indigo, red, green
And azure blue,
Come to awaken in you
A meadow of delight.
When the canvas frays
In the currach of thought
And a stain of ocean
Blackens beneath you,
May there come across the waters
A path of yellow moonlight
To bring you safely home.
May the nourishment of the earth be yours,
May the clarity of light be yours,
May the fluency of the ocean be yours,
May the protection of the ancestors be yours.
And so may a slow
Wind work these words
Of love around you,
An invisible cloak
To mind your life.
John o donnohue
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7th October 2013, 23:39
#17
I wrote a book of poems 20 some years ago. Here's one, hope you like it.
Illusions of Light, rippling through the night,
Blinking, twinkling stars, radiant hosts of ours,
Diamonds in the sky, to make us wonder why
Are they truth or do they lie?
Those crystalline delights, gemstones of the night.
Are they mere Illusions of the Night?
Illusions of Light, joyous fanciful of flight.
Moon of platinum glowing, in the velvet nightscape flowing,
Wise woman of the sky, there to make us wonder why,
All truth does she defy?
A silent, luminous dreamer, or scintillating schemer,
Reflecting silver streamers, to keep our souls in flight
Through the shadows of the night?
Illusions of Light, exploding through the night,
Flashing, sparkling with thunder,
Every effervescent wonder,
Golden bolts of earthly plunder
Rolling with the angry drum,
Till the pounding rain doth come,
Commanding of the mighty Thor
Unleashing lightening bolts to soar,
Upon the Earth a Titan's roar,
Thrusting fear into our core
Commanding mortals seek for more
Those thunderbolts of night,
There to guide us to the light
In the madness of our fright?
Illusions of Light, the same in every sight?
Diamonds on black velvet tray,
To sacred twilight does give way.
The breaking dawn, breath caught
Streaking sky, colors fraught
To contemplate is all for naught.
Let the intuition rule, least ourselves we fool
That beauty is Illusions of the Light.
Illusion of Light, wondrous in its sight,
A large bouquet of hues, resplendent in it views,
Coloring the day, a rainbow they say,
In ballads sung of old, promises the gold,
Another illusion? but the consistent confusion
of tales through the ages, in books it fills the pages
From the worlds of sages.
It cannot be a fable, for each of us is able,
To see those great Illusions of the Light.
Last edited by BabaRa, 7th October 2013 at 23:42.
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8th October 2013, 09:02
#18
I have to say there are some remarkable poems here, you bunch have very poetic hearts and fine souls to see the way that you do, I am honoured to share this space.
:unity:
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8th October 2013, 09:24
#19
I finally found time to read this so powerful and uplifting thread, I am glad I did. You guys are so talented this really made my day and it will days ahead.
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8th October 2013, 09:30
#20