Cry not on flowers wilted,

I am a chrysalis under a paling leafWaiting to be turned into a butterflyI am raw ore in the far depths of the mineWaiting to be extracted and purifiedI am a smoldering piece of coal in the hearthWaiting to be blown into a flameI am a rough stone under the Earth’s crustWaiting to be hewed…

with divided aimsand sizzling brainsShe paused with singularity of purposeNever in a hurry, more at peaceOn a park bench, aloneBent and weird, she sat.Ragged in dress, torn in body,Face scourged by Time,Its contours deep like ravinesHair lying dishevelled,Eyes shrouded in mistLooking out into the sinking sun,Never dreading the darkness that falls.Determined to live on,with the…

A gentle breeze playing on every leafAnd every heart throbbing with loveThere is so much beauty couched in this dayThe valleys echo the feathered minstrels’ layThe tall trees spread their mighty armsAnd children, in their shade, joyously playThere is no vexation in the airThe pain of yesterday cast to the binThe anxiety of tomorrow held…

If bottled tightIs sure to explodePerniciousFEARHiding serpentsIn unlit cornersKissing with hungry lipsPoison

Like a sail boat idle on the seaWhen on my bed I lie staring vacantAt the pale moon that gleams,A medley of sounds falls in my earsI hear the chirp of cicadas, the screech of batsThe hooting of owls, the flutter of mothsThe staccato notes of the cricketsAnd the shrill sonorous music of grass hoppersAmong…

In Nature’s ear