Savour-the-Moment Monent

Ah coffee… my first savour-the-moment moment of the day…
… aromatic drifts of double-shot-espresso, waft to waken morning thoughts
pre-dawn light blends with cigarette smoke … I know a wicked way to begin the day
no sunshiny cornflakes and glass of sunrise orange…  but it’s my day… my way…

… I lean, still warm and sleep-crumpled, hair all askew, against the window frame
gazing at the shifting shades as night merges  into first-of-day…
a few tattered clouds scatter across the sky… birds still in silhouette, glide
… a morning breeze sighs through rippling leaves that whisper salutations…
dreams and nightmares fade into shadowy obscurity as the day borders on elation…

and… ah sweet ambiance of coffee…  my first savour-the-moment moment of the day
how normal looks the world when mornings start this way…
a blush of muted tangerine flushes the under-belly of shifting clouds, now scudding across the sky
a promise of rain lingers as fingers of sun creep sleepily over the distant skyline
spilling across the Earth like a lovers gentle touch…  dust-motes in rainbow scintillate catch my eye
and I am moved to sigh… as each tranquil moment ticks by…
… my first savour-the-moment moment of the day… a natural morning high…
Sharonlee©17-May-12

On Clouds of Coffee

Open publication - Free publishing - More coffee

Looking for You & Me

Looking for You & Me

As the moon graces a midnight sky

I feel such a weariness ascend

Lay with me while the stars are high

Me and you, the night as our friend

Down in the dark streets nothing stirs

To the day we say adieu

Sleep comes soft and slowly

I give myself to you

Give  me in return your honesty

My soul needs to know that much

Heart break I’ve known before

To weary now to suffer more

You and I could create melodies

To show the world our love is true

Keep honesty in your heart

By heavens above I pledge to you

Far sweeter a love you’ve never known, for

The world is often oh so cruel, but I offer you the

Safest chance to find your heart a home

Place your trust in me my love

To be together is our prize, to

Be there for each other

Till old age stars us in the eyes

You and I together

Can change our destiny

Give me your honesty

It needs to be heartfelt and free

Back to back and face to face

Together  we’ll rock this world, just you and

Me

Sharonlee©

A Short Autumn Walk – with Photos

 

 A Short Autumn Walk – 

 Autumn in my part of Australia is an obscure affair; …there is little of the rich and vibrant color change that one would expect of the season… 

  

 Evergreen trees flourish with a thick abundance of verdant leaves…. …from my seat in the park I see a lush patchwork of luxuriant green and a few Autumn blooming flowers…

  

 the true nature of Autumn here is more a subtle change in the air…. …. the harsh humidity of Summer vanishes and while the days generally remain bright and clear and somewhat warm still the air itself is soft and gentle;

  

 …only mornings & nights are brisk with a sharp chill; the breeze changes too… becoming more playful and mischievous- - the sort of breeze that gusts along with a giggle sending hats flying and billowing up the ladies dresses with a sly chuckle…

 

 …after walking for nearly 2 hours, with a little rest in the quiet park I finally spotted something that looked decidedly Autumn…. … a small bushy tree with yellowing leaves; sharonlee©15-May-12

 

Measure of Time

Measure of Time

minutes pass...hours...days

just how does one measure time

by the beats of a lonely heart

or the rhythm of each years

passing rhyme...

past memories trace

the sun-dials changing face

dreams are embraced

by shades of sorrows grace

and like the grains of sand

in the hour glass

what measure is there

that time has passed

increments of shifting sunlight

one by one the stars at night

a sunflower that moves with the sun

another creeping midnight

when day is done...

what measures then the passage of time

sunlit smiles and shadows combined

events not always of our making

borrowed minutes not ours for the taking

the echo of a thousand hearts breaking

birth...death...life in between

don't measure time by faded dreams....

sharonlee©

FireFly Enchantment

FireFly Enchantment

still-night-silence

the breeze a transcendent sigh

through summer-high grass

seconds slow as moments last

beyond recorded time…

firefly spirits guard the enchanted night

diffused and dispersed their guiding light…

moonless twilight…like a lovers caress

wraps the sky in shades of tenderness…

breathless moments linger longingly

in pre-dark silhouette

day is spent…the weary sun has set

as a translucent breeze in summer-grass, sighs

I bid the day goodbye.

sharonlee©9-May-12

Elusive Elixir of Elysian

Elusive Elixir of Elysian

millennia passed

as a trickle of water

drip-dropped

with singular persistence

wearing an overt grove

into the granite depth

drip-dropping with time-worn regularity

a bowl was formed… a bowl of liquid crystal …

fence of briar in interwoven folds

protects the contents of the sacred bowl

forever shielding  the Elixir of Elysian it holds

… until the Prophecy of Life unfolds…

and then will come… so it has been said

from ancient tombs it has been read

a handmaiden to Gaia herself –

- the briar fence with part at her gentle touch

the granite will offer foot-holds

and she who comes with no expectations

will find… a treasure more pure than gold.

Sharonlee©9-May-12