Furious the pace of change
Placid the calm of reflection
Millions of souls spinning through time
Never pausing once for direction
Heed the wise heart:
Feel and abide;
Know how peace starts
Right by your side.
Heed the true soul:
Feel and decide;
Know a calm whole
Through time and tide.
Heed the path steep:
Feel and align;
Know a touch deep
In inner sign.
Heed the shrewd wit:
Feel and expound;
Know a poise fit
In glimpse profound.
Heed the crisp hint:
Feel love succinct;
Know a fine mint
In joy distinct.
Heed the pure quest:
Feel and account;
Know a grand fest
In zest that mounts.
Heed the odd play:
Feel pace of change;
Know a swift day
In range most strange.
Heed the end game:
Feel dream come true;
Know just the same
In final cue.
Heed the last call:
Feel the light change;
Know fond sights strange
In sweet and gall.
Leon Enriquez
26 January 2019
Singapore
Faith has a way to show you how,
Intent can free the force within;
Nurture fond say right here and now,
Explore and be the face unseen.
Hurl your fears fast and be grand good,
Use cheer to fund the pace of change;
Meet first and last in vibrant mood,
Attest to pun as wit streams strange;
Notice the stuff where dreams are made.
Being can know what truth inspires,
Etch beyond rough the path of trade;
Indulge the flow where fate conspires,
Night and day run in time and space,
Glimpse poise in fun where joy finds grace.
Leon Enriquez
28 May 2015
Singapore
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