Tuesday 9 April 2013

CHANGES AND SHIFTINGS:



The seasons come & then gently, away they drift & go,
 Tides wash in, they diminish & then again they grow,
Rivers in abundance run, after long hard winter´s snow,
Ink from the poet´s quill, with love & words gently flow,
Winds through days, weeks & years shall pass & softly blow.

Before death knocks upon life´s door, crones will duly know,
The old man dying, shall wisely, his precious memories stow,
For one day, to his small grandson, his lifetime, relate & show,
The world cries with joy at birth & at death it cries with woe,
And the Bushman weeps at hunger & having to shoot the doe.

From dust we´re born & at death we imminently go below,
The fisherman casts ancient nets & his lines he´ll also throw,
While the farmer plants, reaps & then again he´ll start to sow,
And birds fly up high while the little worm stays down below,
Life ebbs & flows, back & forth, shifts continuously to & fro.

The nimble fingers of the seamstress shall, stitch, darn & sew,
The hunter deep in the forest shall always aim & shoot his bow,
There is peace, then war between friends turning them into foe,
The earth´s dug deep & then tended, with wielding scythe & hoe,
Then grim reaper gardener arrives armed, to harvest, snip & mow.

In the place of “yes”, battered & abused shall learn to say the “no”,
Where leaders will realize the alternative to the present status quo,
When instead of pushing away the weak, we shall help, carry & tow,
We shall help our fellow man & to the other side we´ll offer to row,
And my love for you shall continue, like a candle in the dark to glow.



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