Poem “Home”
Home. The Rye runs into the DerwentThe Derwent flows down to the seaThis land, these rivers, this RyedaleThese are the heart of me. My life moves forward, and I move alongBut Ryedale comes right along with meThis land holds my…
Ashes.
When your world is destroyed by fireYou should stand in the ashesEmbrace the heat that remainsLet the old embers warm youKeep you safeHelping you to rekindle a new fireAs the sparks rise from the dying cindersThey form another fire, a…
Thoughts
Echo-lightsthat danceas waves of the mindon moonlight seasthat dazzle and caress shorelinesand beguile the lover.Unknown and forgottenthe inky waveslurk beneathhypnoticreflections.Fixate and forget,set adrift.Uriel’s sword,binds one from within.Pan starts the dance,the wheels turn andnow the showmustbegin. © 2024 Simon Robinson
A Gentle Hint
A gentle hint of wood smoke, a symphony of soundLeaves lay brown and withered, a carpet on the ground.A powerful time of year for opportunity and growthReflecting and connecting Peace and balance…both. Strip and prune away what no longer serves…
Breathe
Breathe. From our first cry,to the last gasp,we are but breath upon a mirror Frail and ephemeral,a thin layer upon the worldOur reflection both hazy and distorted Yet,we know what lies beneathis our own To perceive this truth,we only need…
Carpe Die M
Carpe Die M. I tried to seize the dayButIt was a slippery little fish, and itGot away from meAgain The line became too taughtSnapped backCutting me like a knife I’ll go back to the riverTomorrowTry againLet the flow control my…
Who are you?
Who would you like to be?Nobody else really, only meI would miss my friends and my familyAll the things that we’ve seenAll the things that we’ve doneLiving our lives and having such funMy only wish to set me freeI would…
Looking through
On the perfect, clear surfacethat is the mirror of the mind,Thoughts, like fish, break its surface.And, although brief, they simply twinkle.In a flash I know their worth,and I am pulled towards those that beguile.Yet now, when they end, as does…
The Brief Necessity of Vulcan
Vulcan, the Roman God of Volcanoes was chosen as the name of a theoretical planet that was thought to exist as the innermost planet of our solar system. It’s time as a possible planet began shortly after Newton’s theories of…
A pale horse
Defining Spirituality. This rather nebulous term can be defined as methods for overcoming ‘the inevitable suffering of existence’. Suffering seems unavoidable – we can try as much as we like, but death, disease, wanting (famine) and violence (war) await us…