This week's poem is Paradise by Louis Jenkins. This week is busy, busy, stressful,crazy, busy, busy, busy. So yes I do wish that I could escape to paradise even just for an hour or two; actually a week would be nice, or a month, but I'll take what I can get. I'm just trying to stay calm, stay centred and keep on keeping on until everything is done and I can finally take a breath. I think we all could do with a friendly reminder to stop and collect ourselves no matter how hectic things get. Enjoy!
Paradise
January finally drags into February and one fumbles with
numb fingers at the ordinary knots and hooks of life. People
are irritable, difficult. Some days you want to stay in bed
with the covers over your head and dream of paradise. A
place where the warm sea washes the white sand. There
are a few palm trees on the higher ground, many brightly
colored fish in the lagoon, waves breaking on the reef
farther out. No one in sight. Occasionally an incredibly
large, split-second shark darkens the clear water. Sea birds
ride the wind currents, albatross, kittiwake, … and pass
on. Day after day, sea wind and perfect sky … You make a
big heap of driftwood on the beach.
Keep Calm and DFTBA!
- H
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