Poetry to Inspire You
Extending Onways
Extending onways
Full of praise
Continuous movement
Thru the days
Capture a moment
Dissolve it too
Savour the taste
The sweetness hue
Blessed are they
Who live this way
A gentleness there
Living aware
The extension of life
A mysterious road
Paved with love
The most precious gold
The journey on
The Way untold
Mastering navigation
As the maps unfold
Grateful always
For the guidance given
Sign posts appearing
‘til we reach the ribbon
gagi TBL
The Perfect Storm
The perfect storm has come and gone
We now take stock – time to move on
This storm did not need wind or rain
And what was cleared did not cause pain
The day it felt like none before
A heaviness was felt by some and more
Emotions flowed and tears released
The past – it blurred then was deceased
The storm it came to clear the past
Washed away what had held us like a cast
And blown away were the memory loops
That held us in our low energy soups
As we take stock – what has been left?
The power of the storm was purposeful, deft
We have been left exposed and clear
With the purity of a child held dear
And then with awe we see the gems
And we examine them closely with our lens
The treasure that was left, exposed by the storm
Is all we need to be reborn
LOVE with all its warmth and glow
And WISDOM – garnered – its seeds to sow
Dear ancestors, and now we, are gifting these gems
Let us magnify them now through our collective lens
Focusing to see and open the end
Of this universe and to the next ascend
gagi 13/08/21
Oppression and the Surfer
It’s a time of oppression, repression, depression
A time of recession, turmoil and greed
Recognize the symptoms are churning and burning
And the storm’s path is building – to where will it lead?
The waves that are rising and building and rolling
Are fed by the desperate ones who’re in need
Those who need water and clothing and shelter
Those who have families they’re wanting to feed
And if their call is unanswered, ignored or denied
The storms will keep building, keep spreading wide
All will be in its path, be ready, expect it
Be ready to receive it for there’s nowhere to hide
The storm of destruction, laying waste, creating change
Has a purpose of taking, levelling the field where we play
To experience in this lifetime what others are living
From this storm there’s no shelter – is there no other way?
It is the way of the surfer who rides the waves of oppression
Surfing waves of repression, of depression and greed
It takes a skilled surfer to ride it out, to stay balanced, heart-centred
As the storm waves increase, fuelled by the need
These waves are the big ones; they’re here to be mastered
The surfer has waited for them, waited many lifetimes
The surfer doesn’t consider the wave before or one after
This one’s to be surfed as the wall of water climbs
The water holds the info, the emotions, our journeys
The water has accumulated it, all is combined
The surfer can see it, can feel it, understand it
These are the emotions that can’t be confined
Know that the surfer will ride out the big one
The surfer is riding for all of mankind
The surfer is strengthened by courage and compassion
The surfer intends to leave no one behind
Cheer on the surfer, take a lesson, become one
Or at the very least intend to do no one harm
Give away… share… return to the basics
We’re all responsible for what’s fuelling this storm
As the storm clouds are building and the waves are increasing
Somewhere the sun’s shining and the waters are calm
There Surfer has reached the shoreline – the journey has ended
Surfer has returned and rests now on the Palm
gagi TBL