yesterday in fertile seed moments of tender gift giving
I was going to soft whisper on the freedom wind to you
ancient secrets
your lost living
then hearts beating
breathing ancient ancestors knew
stretching back down distant dust ages
to the dawn of family hunter gather tribes
to the dawn of sharing caring cooperating humanity
awake to gift dawn slow creeping into light
awake to gift day in senses tuned to life moments
awake to still moment opportunities
awake to share swift fleeting glances
love in looks touch feel of families living
moving breathing helping sharing working gathering
so all may share shelter food protect work
in all cycles of life all environment situations
awake to shifting vibrating earth pulse rhythms
silence stillness sound snow show of light
heat cold rain snow darkness stars night sky shining
live in blessing of each all moments shared to circles of love
today half the people seem to run
rush in fits of shadow fear worry
worrying about things that might
happen could happen
but half the time never do or are days
years decades yet still time distant away
awake walk in possibilities
moments time appreciation
live weave in joy or pain
sow sorrow happiness threads in life
awake know that life
is a tapestry woven in thread moments
choose colour patterns intricate possibilities of hope joy joy
awake accept dark threads
must be woven into life blessed journeys
awake into thoughts accepting choosing to shape
memories moments beautiful even in painful memories
life is bird flight from branch to branch
life flows in water whispers on the wind
life is the warm sweet cold breath of the wind
twinkle of star light
twinkle intoxicating of star light
twinkle of star light in satin dark night
life is bird flight from branch to branch
life flows in water whispers on the wind
life is the breath of the wind twinkle of star light
watch the light ripple in star light on the water
let life breathe flower into a beautiful soul journey
this world is a miracle blue pearl spinning in space
we share the same sky atmosphere air oxygen one breath
the lungs of the earth forests rainforest cut down
oceans lakes rivers water polluted cannot breathe
once decades ago as a child
I sometimes played with trucks or in a sand pit
today I tell you there are people governments bullies fools
still selfish playing in sand pits tanks attack aircraft bombers
playing in park pools with nuclear submarines nuclear torpedoes
throwing not sticks stones but nuclear missile threats
sharing caring love nurturing protecting not taught
when will you learn we are a global race one family
when will you learn my brother hurts I share his pain
I meet God in him
brothers sisters
mothers fathers
children one global family
heal breathe nurture cure restore protect or die
catch rainbow moments breath love light in landscape diversity
decades ago I told you
"There are those that pass,
unseeing.
They walk blindly,
seeing only
what they hope to gain.
And for them, emptiness
like a dog on leash
will seldom stray."
yesterday in fertile seed moments of tender gift giving
I was going to soft whisper on the freedom wind to you
Terence George Craddock (Afterglows Echoes Of Starlight)
Copyright © Terence George Craddock
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
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