I recently went walking
On grounds around a lake,
Pristine as the morning dew,
Pure beauty mine to take.
The silence there was deafening
The purity profound,
And the meaning of life itself
Was all around.
Not even birds could quite be heard
Or the humming of the bees,
As I was lost in time and space
Where I never felt so free.
I felt the breeze inside of me
In each heartbeat and breath I took,
As Love revealed from a bottle unsealed
With new eyes through which to look.
Although alone, forever at home
No one to interfere,
With whom, why, what or where I was
To see the world so clear.
The sky so blue I felt imbued
With traces of the immortal,
And rendezvoused with family and friends
Somehow through this lake’s portal.
And wandered ‘round so quite unbound
In body, mind and soul,
Until waking from this splendid dream
And feeling lost and cold.
© Terrell Martin, 03/12/2025
The value of the garden is known by its owner,
The visitors are clueless about its price tag.
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She was punctual to the counselling rendezvous
with her respected pastor at robert road in roseline.
she was in complicated relationship for a year.
Huh, she was protected her virginity and hope
to be consumed on honeymoon
so that her parents could be honoured.
he rendezvoused with her at his place many times
and she denied him to touch her even to enter his
bedroom as she was protected her virginity.
He was confused after failing to fulfil his intentions
and then complicated that relationship.
Her pastor supported her decision which was good
for a Godfearing woman.
She realised that he was playing with her
And decided to wait for her right man from God.
Science speculated secret shrouded stories
morphing molten metals in magical mould.
Art of ancient achemy in auspicious arid air
global gulie glorified gorgeousness of gold.
Philosophy powered phlegmatic preaching
rendezvoused a rapacious wrong rhapsody
Midas made a moron of mimosa miracle
fallacy of fools, forever flames false fantasy.
Dated 19th April, 2019
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A princess who prances about in the nude
Should realize that cameras she cannot elude.
So naturally, photos, exposed but not lewd,
Made headlines and numerous times have been viewed.
The prince and the princess have rightfully sued.
The cameras did not have a right to intrude;
For even the royals, as they rendezvoused,
Deserved to have privacy and solitude.
At least we know Kate won’t be known as a prude,
Which the pictures give people the right to conclude.
Yet in her private moments, when all is reviewed,
I’m sure that cavorting the princess has rued.
We blame paparazzi, so clever and shrewd,
But their actions quite simply can’t be misconstrued;
For they merely provide what we hope they’ve pursued –
A celebrity glimpse that can be ballyhooed!
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