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OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

0 posted 2012-09-09 04:51 AM

I TOOK A MOMENT
9 September 2012

I took a deep-smile moment today
from pressing work
to revel at the joyous abandon
of a troop of Vervet monkeys
celebrating the radiant sunshine
which spilled gold on all around
and awakened the blue, blue skies
to avian halleluias.

The monkeys had been away
during days and days of rain
and my forest had been sad and lonely
and had cried many raindrop tears
but now its friends were back
and some just arms’ length
away from me
as several of the youngsters
ran up one tree and
sprang on to fragile branches
of another
and trampolined
over and over
in glee and glory
and jumped on to the ground
and back on to the ladder tree
and chased each other
up and down
in the same bliss-bounce circle
several times
then springbuck-leaped
through forest undergrowth
to other trees and more,
along with equally jubilant elders,
in magically choreographed ballet
that held me enthralled.

Today I refused to worry
that one would fall,
their easy expertise
and joy
and mischievousness
and ultra-exuberance
and grace
as they trapezed
from tree to tree
almost too fast
for the eye to follow,
was too perfect
for anything except success.

When any needed to take a moment’s respite,
the pause would take in sustenance
of a fruit or flower or seed,
before,
hunger sated for the moment
and breath revived,
he or she rejoined the fun-filled fray.

For half an hour today
my eager forest smiled and danced again,
heartbeat-alive with welcome visitors
and trees and monkeys
waved branches
on this windless day,
in synchronised forest-fun dance,
and my garden was transformed again
into a Cercopithecus aethiops playground
for today’s extra-special
Spring celebration blessing.

Owl

Spiros Zafiris
Senior Member

since 2002-10-20

Posts 982
Canada

1 posted 2012-09-09 05:05 AM

..much enjoyed, Owl..>>spiros

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OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

2 posted 2012-09-09 06:29 AM

Thank you, Spiros.

Owl

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

3 posted 2012-09-12 08:39 AM

We have to take such moments... they are gifts to help us get through the rest of our hours. *S* Lovely!

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

4 posted 2012-09-12 09:59 AM

Thank you, Ruth. Smiles. You are right. We do need to take such wonderful moments when they present themselves to us. I tried not to feel guilty, not working for that time, but I was so enriched and I am not sorry I did. More smiles - at you and the memory of the monkeys as well.

Owl

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