Blue

There’s a joy you pursue. It blossoms
in the body, beyond reason or thinking.
Infinite in mercy, time cannot wither
this innate itch. At peace in nature,
acceptance of pain and pleasure flows
along the arteries of living. Blue
is the colour of calm transcendence.
In its current you chart a course.
Impossible to say if tomorrow will come.
Hug it all and love the path you sail.

Haiku

Cold mornings
blue is the calming beat –
happiness beckons

Meditation on The Thames

 

 

World so bright and blithe this September morn,

Rich stillness reaches in the dazzling blue

Turning the soul to a crystal clear view;

Worries slip away in the stream unshorn

Hardly a creature woken from slumber,

The currents of life, flowing swiftly on

Sweeping the dust with a natural song.

Freeing the dazed heart from pockmarked blunder

Sweet pulse, that throbs in the shimmering scene;

A feast of delights that requires no meat

Or pleasures that thicken and make one mean.

Sifted sunshine brings cheer to forlorn feet

On the sinuous path that is serene

A draught of clear cheer leaches cold deceit.