contents & site map	Birth, Life and Death             September 2001   A cold breeze, a bird singing The first rays of sunlight bending through the atmosphere. Tears and screaming Then laughter, because baby is here Walking and Talking The wind blowing fresh, a dog barks The sun is dim through the morning mist. Baby talk and little footsteps Tantrum, pounding walls with little fist.   The wind blows hard, the clouds threaten to burst I cannot see the silver lining. Everything moving so fast Books and homework the time defining   The rain falls hard, but suddenly stops The sun’s rays bring colour to the moist sky. A bloody nose, school shirt torn Get home, as friends and can’t remember why.
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High noon, shaded sun, partial eclipse

Smell of grass burning, veld fire.

Know what’s right and wrong

Must weigh against desire

 

Clear sky, light breeze

Can see the horizon in the far distance.

Yet the salesman asks me to sell,

My soul for a mere pittance

 

Trees bending in the strong wind

But after they return to upright

So the salesman I push away from

And resist him with all my might.

 

Springtime brings new life with it

Colourful flowers and boats in the lake

Singing of birds, barking of dogs

Baby crying, and laughing, keeping us awake

Falling, getting up seeking new paths

Experience and learning from my mistakes.

 

Winter comes again this time so severe

It is so dark and stormy, I can’t see nor hear

Lightning and thunder fill the blackened sky

I know that the time has come for me to die

The storm dissipates, and calm fills the air

The clock on the wall says, there is no time to spare

I look back and count the thousands of hours

How many growing thorns, how many flowers

I look back at the clock, there is still a minute left

To share some joy and peace and bridge the open cleft

And now I close my eyes but to darkness more

But see instead the sunshine on the crystal shore.

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