With A Quieter Mind
We grow with silence
through the winter of our
ignorance as we await the
spring of change, to grow
with favour in the warmth of
summer sun and rain. So
when Autumn comes we bear
the fruits of our silence; and
understanding comes to
to give us the strength
to face our winter storms.
And so Life begins
Hush quiet, the music begins, you tingle,
feel the chords pluck your heart.
The melody comes, up and down goes the lilt,
and the rhythm of life flows through.
Your blood runs faster
your heart beats tremor from the sound.
The song from a distance purrs,
and gradually comes closer.
Your body relaxes, you feel the beat of life
come pulsing through.
The music is close now,
closer than it has ever been before.
Now you can see, feel, smell, hear
and even taste the joy
of this orchestra of life.
Ideas, creative pictures, answers,
come tumbling and jumbling through.
Now yes! Life becomes real,
you feel a delight at all you see.
The rhythm slows, melody softens
and love comes through,
full of compassion, full of caring,
gentle happy feelings,
a beauty for the mind.
Now dark clouds can come,
changes occur,
but the joy, and
serenity we feel will never change.
Just like a flower that slowly opens
through the night; to burst open
with different shades of pink, it
glows with a blush of morning light;
its soul no words do speak,
it shows a presence,
a truth, a reality,
proud in the garden of our world.
Bob Blackwell
November 2006
(Edited 03-12-2011)
Music to my ears...well done! Dorothy Singing Still!
autumnal magic!
Understanding really does come to give us strength needed B0b -- this piece of work deserves to be read in public and fervently. A beautiful verse.
Juicy autumn is so sweet/ We become ripe in our tweet.
beautiful poem Bob. Great last stanza. Your flower opened very nicely.
Bob , I am certain that you have absorbed and learnt much more than most of us , -having travelled widely in your chequered career ! You are also versed in philosophy and literature and have me actively interacting with me and guiding me at times ,when I was composing my' Story of Medieval Philosophy' and the 'Story of English Language & Literature' ! I loved reading this ABC of Life's experience ! Thanks for sharing , -Raj
wonderfully expressed...this learning is the highest pleasure in life..thanks bob
This is about learning from life's experience and being able to listen to the words.
utterly beautiful... on savouring your poem I am still and quiet and at peace