Relish the 31 557 600 seconds of 1999 (2006)

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Open Poetry #36

Relish the 31 557 600 seconds of 1999 (2006)

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

0 posted 2005-12-31 03:45 PM

This was about 1999, but it is equally applicable to 2006.

Relish the 31 557 600 seconds of 1999
December 1998

Awake with the year like a child on a birthday.
Feel new life sprout through the pavement cracks.
Grasp with both hands, every quivering moment,
and ignite them all
with Life in the round.

Reach past the laughter and smiles of the homeless;
endure their raw anguish
and savour each unconstrained joy.

Set free your emotions and tease them alive.
Toss them, turn them, wave them, wear them, stretch them, shake them, shock them,
teach them how to run, fly and dive.

Crack the encasement that traps all your senses;
sing patterns made by light and shade;
colour your canvas with whispering breezes;
touch the sweet fragrance of milky-white night flowers;
taste honey’s secret -
and walk barefoot
on sharp gravel stones.

- Owl

latearrival
Member Ascendant

since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

1 posted 2005-12-31 05:43 PM

enjoyed this, martyjo

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2005-12-31 08:55 PM

ouch to the last line
but I do understand

FEEL life

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

3 posted 2006-01-01 04:10 PM

Thanks latearrival and Midnitesun. I understand that you understand, Midnitesun, but nevertheless, I just want to say that I really enjoy walking barefoot on sharp (not too terribly sharp though!) gravel stones, but especially rocks.

- Owl

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