Attention

Rustling bamboo trees
In presence I am alive
Gleeful crickets chirp

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Despair

The tears of a clown
Evaporate on my cheek
Like lost ocean pearls

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Sister

I feel the burn deep in my chest
Each time I see your face
That look of indignation full
Of anger, hurt and shame
But tell me sister what was done
That caused you so much pain?
The burden lies so heavily
Upon my restless brow
I cannot fathom just what went on
For you to hate me so.
If only you would open up
And tell me all your woe
I would seek your forgiveness
And give you mine
Perhaps then we can
Both let go.

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Don’t Look Back

Nervously entering the waters of death
This liminal space, before fully immersing
Into realms unknown, unbreathed, unlived
I dare not look back

While Ganga beckons and palm trees bow
The cool breeze hovers above
Ripples of my presence, disrupted, dismembered, dis-eased
I dare not look back

Rising tides ebb and flow
With each step I wade further on
Deeper into mysteries unknown, unheard, unfelt
I dare not look back

Standing waist high fingertips rest
Where the sky meets the sea
In a place unseen, untouched, unspoilt
I dare not look back

Washing me clean like fresh fallen snow
I shiver, submitting to angels
That glisten above, unrestrained, unshackled, unburdened
I dare not look back
I dare not look back
I dare not look back