Written at the same time in 1976 as Shell Bird. The workshop I attended gave us information of what people were suffering under apartheid.
Can one sit at ease,
when she sees,
...
I am 75, a number
That is very large
When linked to the age
Of a human.
...
I have lived in many
Different places
With very different people,
Worked on and done,
...
Life for me has been
A succession of
Encounters with reality and
Realities that I have entered
...
I am trying to get more and more
In touch with this world
To let go more
And more of the hold this three-dimensional world
...
I Love my three-dimensional world
Of nature, earth, universe and cosmos.
Of peoples, community, cultures, society and technology.
Of spirituality, philosophy, psychology and science.
...
If the three-dimensional world is a projection
From the quantum world as
some scientists say,
may be, it make our three-dimensional world
...
High hills, low vale
Green trees pointing
Blue sky, grey sky
People jaunting
...
I talked with you
You talked with me
Each causing
Each of us to be
...
You were there
So was I
We said 'Hello'
We said 'goodbye'
...