Light and Dark

One day-
When it all comes to light
Maybe I won't be so afraid -
To turn my back on the dark
For fear that things watch me and I cannot see

But-
From what I know of the world
Darkness hides -
In those who hold the light
For it is light that casts the shadows
And make-
The darkness seem dread

For it is light that watches your back
As you walk to darkness
And-
To return to the light
The shadows cast behind
Impossible to move towards that light
For you must look to see-
What lurks in the shadows cast

It is the light-
That has taught you to be afraid
For it does not acknowledge-
The shadows that lurk in it's bright
It pretends at hope - a flicker and glimmer
And they say-
It is only in the dark, can you see the light
But I have seen-
The dark that is in the light

Across the table where you sat

You sat and stared
I felt silly -
Talking about my ideas
Your silence unnerved me

Your eyes had alot more to say
Piercing, sharp and beautiful
As cliche would have it -
I fell for you.

Were you looking at me?
Or past me?
Across the table - where you sat
I felt the colour rising as you glanced up

It's all so cliche
And I felt so silly
Talking about the things
That I could talk about-
with no one else

Land and belonging

Removed -
Refined -
Isolated -
Intra-cultural blend of norms'
Expectations and reactions
Free to be in anonymity
Yet wrapped in loneliness of unknown kin
For spirit tek spirit they always say'
In this sea of bodies, as time tumbles past
Faces twirl in the madness of the pace
And yet you stick out to me -
A reminder of a land I remember -
in passing memories and vivid dreams
Dreams -
Of endless sky and open hearts
Darkness and stars at night
For spirit tek spirit they always say
Another land claims you
Yet-
your spirit belongs to my land.

Wapishana and Mango tree

Some land hold people -
Bonding with them in a timeless memory
Some people bond with a land -
Holding it with love and regard
For those who see the land as something to be used -
Forced to provide - beaten until it lays wasted

Wapishana lady whispers to me
Mango trees die if people move -
They like it when people live with them
Love makes the land thrive
Spirit tek spirit they always say

A land is full of life, potential and energy -
Because it is nurtured to be this way
Balance the growth - so your land is not wasted
Take the resources and bleed it dry -
The land has no life, no potential and no energy
Some land holds people - and people hold the land

Savannah Seasons Muse

Your song- Of beauty and adversity Of hope - freshly fallen rain on blistering soil Of struggle - savannah flower blooming among the brown Of a land like two minds, lover and madman My Savannah land- Of downpours and blistering drought Your song is a song of tests. For those who love you, know- There can never be one without the other
Your song - is painfully beautiful. Burnt Savannah ash mix with rain drops splashing on the land Brilliant colours blend - a thousand shades of green and brown Colours of earth, colours of life and death - of hope and adversity Your song plays on- Of endless sky and shining beacons up high When darkness falls and shadows cast Soft moonlight comes, dancing with Kaiambe trees
Your song is old - Yet never grows cold When deer flowers bloom - sweet scents dance on the night breeze We know your song, my Savannah land And frogs in April know your song - They know it in the thunder and the rains The quail whistles, when you listen - She knows your song- sung in the dry season breeze Both seasons are beautiful my Savannah muse
Play me your Savannah song.

Warped and Wrapped

Wrapped in a blanket of illusion
Warped perceptions of inclusion

Wrapped in a mist of swirling words
Warped meanings of this world

Wrapped in an image of the big picture
Warped details in the depicture

Wrapped in one worldview
Warped in colours and hue

Wrapped eyes and blinded
Warped view and divided

Quest

For she sought to be free
And fought to be happy
But-yet-in her journey
And Endless quest -
She forgot -
To just be-