deep blue waters flow
kissing beaches shoreline
lasting impression
Two months have elapsed
since I met Kapur my new friend
At a first nation men's group gathering
which we both attend
Kapur an unusual name took a while but now easily recalled
A big gentle man at first seemed rather shy
Not much to offer, my first impression, misguided, I'm now appalled
Together Kapur another friend and I
helped a couple resurrect some garden beds
Amazed at Kepur's knowledge
much transferred and now stored inside my head
His broad knowledge of family
His broad knowledge of lore
His broad knowledge of language
more time to spend together I desire to learn more
Today a very brief conversation
his intended weekend activities revealed
Two events to play piano in a reggae ensemble
much pleasure to be enjoyed from the talent he will yield
Kapur I am blessed you've become my new friend
We'll continue to meet at the men's group we attend
Darkness makes it hard to see the light,
Deception makes it hard to trust good intentions.
I tried so many things with confidence,
Like a fearless bull,
You wonder where I found the audacity,
You wish you could be me
And make all your fears vanish.
Only if you knew,
I am as scared as you are.
Every night I fight demons unseen,
Wrestling with forces above, seeking clarity.
I wake up stronger, seemingly unbothered.
You marvel at how perfect I appear,
But I am not as perfect as I seem.
I am mortal, far from perfection,
A reflection of my own creation.
My competitive fire unsettles mediocrity.
I chased knowledge and ignored companionship;
Now knowledge flows,
And companionship feels alien.
You are scared of making cynical choices,
You ponder being the one or being alone
Seeking peace in chaos
And wondering how I figured it out.
Come here,
Only if you knew;
I am just as scared as you.
Veggies are ripening in the greenhouse:
Cabbage and turnips,
Aubergines, tomatoes, onions and cucumbers.
Purple foxgloves and blue hollycocks blooming in the yard,
Surrounded by pots of roses.
The watcher’s camera now shows the road
A typical village lane, lined by pretty cottages
How far is it to the sea from here?
I shouldn’t be questioning. Whatever it takes
My roads are circled in any direction I take.
Coming out and in, I distinguish the forms
contours and volumes.
Perhaps it happens automatically
But I like to think I do it consciously
Making each day different from one another.
I might be getting dyslexic
It’s a bit worrisome, though I don't bear
Any high concerns about it.
Maybe I should, but taking it as it comes
Delivers a brighter impression.
“To see, we must forget the name of the things we are looking at”
- Quote by Claude Monet
* after 'Impression, soleil levant', painting by Claude Monet
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visible outdoors
to show the seen
blending smooth
colors, tones, light
shadows follow
reflecting angles
smoke rises
unobscured
beating hearts
wade used
brush strokes
mirrors mind
high orange
floats in water
fleeting calmness
holds gaze
Nothing has changed... but all is unlike from what it was seconds ago...
Ronald Lee Ermey
definitely showed no mercy
as Gunnery Sgt Hartmann
he delivered his best Marine DI impression
I had a wrong impression
Of him
But after I meet him
He sounded like a nice men
I must say that I like him a lot
We talk about lots of things
I ask him how is life treating him?
He told me not so well
This is because
Mother nature don't want to give up
Even though it is spring
She send as more snow
That is a bad news
For us
We are not crazy about the snow
She asked, "What does your painting mean?"
I said, "Nothing really. It's just a portrait of a peaceful evening scene."
She said, "But I sense something ominously stark,
there, lurking behind those two figures in the dark."
I said, "Oh, yeah. I see exactly what you mean.”
I've seen the good, and I've seen the bad. I've never been happier than when I'd been had.
My life took a twist and my life took a turn. My life knows what it is to lose what I had to hold.
I've seen the light and I've seen the dark. It was the brightness of you that lit the spark.
If you could forgive and you could forget I'm sure that a wedding we would set.
I'd never forsake you. I'd never leave. This heart is yours that I wear of my sleeve.
Our destiny sits within your hands. My heart is as full as the bottle fills the sands.
You'll never know how much I miss you. Until you forgive me loneliness will have to do.
I'm sure that in time you'll forget me the way the apple forgets the tree.
I end it with this you were one of a kind. Not a minute of the day are you not on my mind.
what does your vision depict
a soul or vessel, one to evict
one who should be showered and loved
or me, victim to being devoured and shoved
a masochist when you were hurting me
a pacifist but only hyperbole
Exciting life, can’t be mine
Doesn't us, a life separated kind, and comes from our lives
Yes, yes, oh, oh my love, doesn’t happening life in our lives
Why? Hmm, because you look down my kind; but it’s so old
Life, hmm, you know baby, forgotten feeling to us, birds in the sky
Birds in the sky, on sunlight, stars waving you, space looking
…down at you
You didn’t respect my life, because that far from your home,
… and not your like.
You were, yes, but no problem, I apologize for your sin; the dark line
Not you, oh not you, I live now in a dark wave; sunrise is so far
Take a heart, I am not you, find the difference, what could be us
… equal.
Get flowers, I mean tree-like, get nature, wood-like, love babies
… want you in the forest like
Kids running from the forest and crossing the rainbow flower field like life
Just watch them, watch them, oh Emma, our children now in the sky
… to me a vision of pain kind.
Exciting life
I am sorry
She was that
My life is off
Live nothing
Stay feeling
Following
… she
Peace gets
Always
In my you
Vision
Only
Get
memory
… to you
Someone
Loved you
Silence
Exciting
Hmm
Then
Gone
Lovely paradise
Where palm trees met ocean breeze
Salty air I breathe.
Salesman groom with care
First impression are lasting
Your brief is your fare.
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