The Rain

You restore, you reinvigorate,

Unstinting; give life.

You destroy, you refrain,

Stubborn; take life. 

Rain O rain,

Thy blessing, thy sting…

-AfterTim-

Let Me Fly

Wandering these eccentric streets,

I clamour through seas oblivious.

Trudging through crowds preposterous, as vehicles clamber by - horn to horn, mirror to mirror. 


Relentless. Unforgiving. Unperturbed by surroundings…

Simply set on reaching destinations.

In the eye of the storm…


There I stand.


Unnoticed. Unrecognized. Insignificant. 


I shall crawl with direction, rather than fly without destination.


Closing my eyes, I take a deep breath…and embrace the unfamiliar.


Lead the way, and I shall crawl. But if allowed I may be, let me fly.


-AfterTim-

That Place

A birth ends,

Another begins.

All is remembered, all is forgotten.

From struggle to splendour,

From feeble to forever.

All is remembered, all is forgotten.

Will we learn today

From all whom have, the path, lay.

Will we turn the clocks of yesterday

And have it another way.

To learn to forget,

To learn to remember.

To strive only for That Place,

Where all is remembered, all is forgotten.

-AfterTim-

(In memory of R. R., 1986-2009)

Pride

O, what is pride

That we holdeth onto it.

‘Tis as dew naked in the sunlight,

A beautified bouquet, fresh trim’d,

A flame flickering in the roaring rain..

A mere feeble flamboyance;

That withers as swiftly as breeze through our fingers..

O, what is pride

That we holdeth onto it.

-AfterTim-

“Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall”.

Proverbs 16:18

A Shade of T

Lethargy

Weighing these wishful eyes

As they stare into the screen

Sitting atop lacquered beams.

Folly

The mind perceives

As it chases what the eyes see

Running further away from me.

Vanity

I must not permit 

Another one moment

Squandered in torment.

Destiny

Divine, please intervene. 

Begging Mercy,

For purpose and Eternity. 


-AfterTim-