Category: Living and Dead

Listening to the Turning

My Scribbles and Glimmers 

Sitting with reflection as one year moves into another, I turn to nature for answers and am reminded that it is continuity I honour.

Endings and beginnings move like currents in the ocean of the living and the imagined world, quiet expressions of an underlying law shaped by the greatest force of energy. 

When the illusion breaks, and we awaken from the mind-woven dreams of reality, we return to the patterns we have always followed, offered another chance to undo, to rewire, and to shape a version of ourselves that feels aligned and more deeply understood.

Some pauses take longer than we expect. I carry deep gratitude for all the motivating reads, and the patient support through the years. 

Season’s Greetings, as the year turns.🎉💕

NaPoWriMo 2025 – Day 14

April Poetry Writing Month – Day 14

Photo Inspiration: Laburnum, Englischer Garten, Munich

Young or old, or becoming, there are special moments. Embrace the fleeting joys and accept situations with grace.

Poetic form: Shadorma, said to have Spanish origin, is a 6-line short verse written in 3-5-3-3-7-5 syllable pattern.

Today is Vishu, the New Year celebrated in Kerala in India. The laburnum, which blooms in Spring, is especially cherished during Vishu; its vibrant yellow symbolising prosperity and is considered sacred.
Significant to Lord Krishna.

The night before, we arrange a sacred offering called ‘vishukani’ at homes and temples. It is the first sight that we wake up to, welcoming the New Year with abundance and devotion.

Fallen Flowers

 

Flowers

I gather some fallen flowers,

Spread a milieu from death,

Of  life and thereafter,

                      Where miseries thrive not –

                      A vision wished to be acknowledged.

A little errand of mindfulness;

Grass seemed pleased.

Pleased, only to my eyes.

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