The Path Inwards, Onwards and Upwards (with voice recording)

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OwlSA
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since 2005-11-07

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Durban, South Africa

0 posted 2013-10-16 06:30 PM

http://soundcloud.com/diana-van-den-berg-2/the-path-inwards-onwards-and

THE PATH  INWARDS, ONWARDS AND UPWARDS
14 October 2013

There is a still small melody
whispering on a lonesome flute
in the forest of my thoughts,
and I stop to listen to its tale,
blending with the chirrups
in the living air around me
as I stand here on the damp carpet
of golds and ochres
and sunkissed browns
in my garden forest.

And here, a fallen trunk
a serene memorial,
damp and textured,
of a tall tree who has met its maker,
invites me to honour it
by sitting on it.

I do,
and caress its grooves
unique and precious,
on its comforting roundness
decaying graciously with time.

I remember how tall it stood
and how it waved its rich brown branches
festooned with happy leaves of green
in dance choreographed by the wind,
how it embraced the monkeys
who fed on its fruits
and bounced on its branches,
and the tears fall,
and I know the tree
and its fallen trunk
know and understand
and will welcome me
one day when I join it
and Flicka, Tigger and Daisy
and all my other animals
and the inhabitants of my forest,
my animal,
bird,
insect,
hopping,
crawling,
slithering
and fluttering friends,
and my trees
and my flowers,
in the sunshine
of celestial bliss
and communication.

Owl

EmmaRose
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since 2011-03-02

Posts 1376
Midwest

1 posted 2013-10-16 06:37 PM

I deeply enjoyed and related to the harmony of woman and nature displayed in your lovely poem.

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2013-10-16 06:39 PM

There is a kinship with nature which takes some people most of their lives to understand, and then there are others who have had a love affair with it from very early on. I think they are the lucky ones.

~*~ Your past is just a story. Once you realize this, it has no power over you. ~*~

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

3 posted 2013-10-16 07:14 PM

Thank you, EmmaRose. Yes, I know you relate so beautifully to Nature. I see it and feel it in your poetry, and I am glad that my poem resonated with you so well.

Thank you, Jerry. Yes, you are right. I am one of those very, very lucky people. I remember thoughts and feelings about my bond with Nature that I was far too young to be able to express, but I kept them cocooned and treasured in my memory all these years and they enrich me.

Owk - oops, editing to Owl!

[This message has been edited by OwlSA (10-17-2013 02:49 AM).]

latearrival
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since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

4 posted 2013-10-17 12:22 PM

I also love nature and feel the warmth and strength of large rocks but I do not seem to blend into nature as you do.You seem to be a large part of it all and just blend in so that a passerby might even miss your presence.love, Jo

OwlSA
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since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

5 posted 2013-10-17 02:51 AM

That, Martyjo, is possibly the most beautiful thing that anyone has ever said of me! Thank you! I will remember this for always!

Hugs and love
Owl

Goldenrose
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since 2003-05-30

Posts 3665

6 posted 2013-10-17 04:35 AM

This poem at first glance seems somber, but there is celebration and thankfulness here too and it was read so very nicely, with a calm and soothing voice...much enjoyed..thank you for sharing..

Goldenrose.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous - George - Bernard Shaw.

OwlSA
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since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

7 posted 2013-10-17 07:29 AM

You understood it's breath very well, Goldenrose. Thank you for your kind words.

Owl

Krawdad
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since 2001-01-03

Posts 2597

8 posted 2013-10-18 01:15 AM

You have a lovely voice, Diana, and you present your sensitive work marvelously. Thank you so much for sharing this. I will come back to it often for the grace of it.
Well done!

e

Gale
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since 2013-06-10

Posts 578
Russia

9 posted 2013-10-18 02:49 AM

I love how you read it!

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

10 posted 2013-10-18 03:55 AM

Ed, thank you for your wonderful comment. You (and Gale) made my day, and I really needed my day being made! Smiles and more thank you.

Galina, thank you, to you too, for making my day! Smiles. I am looking forward to your translation of “Hope”, sung and read in that beeyoooootifuuuuuuuuuul Russian accent!

Owl

JamesMichael
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Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

11 posted 2013-10-19 09:16 PM

silky...James

OwlSA
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since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

12 posted 2013-10-20 02:03 AM

Thank you kindly, James.

Owl

Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16

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So. El Monte, California

13 posted 2013-11-10 11:50 PM

Beautiful poem, beautiful voice, Diana.
Ida

2islander2
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since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

14 posted 2013-11-13 01:04 AM

what a beautiful and calm voice, it gives great harmony to the delicate words,

thanks diana

OwlSA
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since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

15 posted 2013-11-13 08:37 AM

Thank you very much for your kind words, Ida and Yann.

Owl

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