Lament

LAMENT FOR MICHAEL PRICE

Dear Booza,

With love and heartfelt sorrow,

We say farewell to you.

You were of noble character,

A gentleman, through and through.

Rayleen and your family,

Ronny, Spooky and the guys,

Linda and all your friends,

Hold you dear, and grieve at your demise.

I remember such fun on the dance floor,

How you loved to dance,

Square dance, barn dance, rock and rock.

We bopped at any chance.

Wild car rides, as teenagers,

we thought we ruled the world.

We moved through space at a rapid pace,

Always laughing as we unfurled.

Most of all, I remember your laugh.

It rings in my head even now.

Your smiling face is there, too.

So, glad I am to have known you.

May you rest in peace.

At journey’s end,

Radiance may you find.

We love you still, always will,

We who are left behind.

                                                                                 V.GOW 09/08/18

FROM A DRY LAKE BED

FROM A DRY LAKE BED.

Come,

old

fossils,

lift with breezes

from a dry lake bed

when the Sahara sneezes.

Create a billowing dust curt-aain.

Chad’s tan wind clouds blow

to the west,

again.

Laden

with

pearl

phosphorus,

across the Atlantic Ocean

ride on high,

past giant waves and

sailing ships,

past islands, lazing in the sun,

                                                                        to sigh,

to hear a mighty jungle scream.

Top soils,

depleted.

Nature’s coat,

 a ragged green.

Now,

lay down your bounty.

                                                                     Allow this flora

                                                                      to flourish

                                                                   and gleam.

 Nature’s cycle comes every year,

allows nutrients

 to

reappear.

Amazon River,

dreaming,

flows,

enriching

 sediments.

So it goes!

VGow

26/07/18

LIFE

LIFE

Is

A

Jigsaw,

unfinished,

at this point in time.

Attract serendipity moments, empty the mind.

Great expectations disappear.

Silently, it creeps;

peace sublime.

Open pathways to fortunes find,

of another kind.

Delighting in the turn of fate

allow good luck to germinate.

Law of Attraction

water with your mind.

Spread

seeds

of joy,

learning to be kind.

Grateful

for small gifts.

Acknowledge a smile.

Some pieces in a jigsaw are

difficult to fit.

Down the track,

understanding comes

and we see

logic

in

it.

Good

Luck!

VGow