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OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

0 posted 2012-09-09 06:29 AM

A DIARY ENTRY
9 September 2012

The yellow-billed kites are back
and have been for almost a month.
As I sit here in my back garden
with my cat and my dog,
one flies silently high overhead
slicing through the sky
with military precision
and compass-curved wings.

Much lower hadedahs rush their wings
and their news in heavy metal voices
through the garden
filling the moment
and when they have passed
I become aware
of a multitude of smaller birds
constituting a constant chorus
and I name the soloists
in my languid Sunday thoughts,
and their perfect inadvertent harmony,
each species with the rest,
soaks my soul
and the sun bakes my tensions gone
and I breathe damp earth wholeness
and my soul floats and sings and dances
and I am at peace in a perfect world.

Here and there a distant bark
sends an almost inaudible, lethargic, Sunday message.
Birds and butterflies and a dragonfly or two
flit before my eyes
as though they know I am no threat
to their delicate little lives.

A blue-headed lizard shares a glance with me
as he basks unafraid in the sun on the garden wall.

I need to share this perfect peace
with every friend and foe and stranger
that is not engulfed by Nature’s moment.

My book lies closed upon my lap
for this is too much life to waste.
My cat and dog feel it too
and we bond in an uncustomary silence
in reverence and awe of the magnitude
of grace and blessing and happiness beyond measure.

Owl

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

1 posted 2012-09-09 10:17 AM

hi Diana, contemplating the natùre makes glee in the heart, yoùr poem prùves it so mch, natùre has goodness and beaùty that we have to honor and share,
i wandred in yoùt contry by yùt words and it was all happiness and art,

thanks a lot

yann

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

2 posted 2012-09-09 07:27 PM

glad there is someone in the world that knows 'happiness beyond measure' ...

fine imagery/descriptive writing !

Spiros Zafiris
Senior Member

since 2002-10-20

Posts 982
Canada

3 posted 2012-09-10 01:38 AM

..this is so well written and songlike..much
enjoyed..>>spiros
~~

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

4 posted 2012-09-10 04:33 AM

Thank you, Yann, for your beautiful, kind and sensitive reply.  You are so right – Nature is brimming with gifts, so pure and perfect – there for those who want them.  I am at my happiest in Nature and surrounded by Nature’s fauna and flora.  Thank you for enjoying my beloved country and sharing it with me.

Thank you for your kind words, Bruce.  It is in opening oneself up and being prepared to be vulnerable and being ready to give and receive unconditionally, and in sharing what one has and knows and loves with whatever person or animal is ready for the gift, that one finds immeasurable happiness.

Thank you, Spiros.  I am honoured by your words.  Smiles.

Owl

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

5 posted 2012-09-12 08:54 AM

My book lies closed upon my lap
for this is too much life to waste.
My cat and dog feel it too
and we bond in an uncustomary silence
in reverence and awe of the magnitude
of grace and blessing and happiness beyond measure.

The utter contentment this portrays is so very beautiful... How wise you are to embrace it! *S*

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

6 posted 2012-09-12 09:56 AM

Thank you very much Ruth, for your kind words and for understanding this so well. It is difficult not to embrace such gifts as Nature gives. Smiles.

Owl

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