COLOURS
Annunciation
25 March 2014
Perturbed, disturbed: moment wonderful and strange
That I should stand in Nature's artifice arranged
By man for man. An island paradise
Colours intense my eyes excite
And flavours indulge we favoured few
As if our lives could be made new
By apple of deception
Disturbed, perturbed: inside this blissful wall
Troubled by blessing, my mind admits the Fall
The struggle the Yes to truly mean
Outside, Lazarus awaits unseen
His crumb portion to receive
And Mary, graceful, blessed Eve
True heaven brings through Christ's conception
Blue Raincoat
16 Feb 2016
He stood, green broom in hand
In sky blue coat, which seemed to shout
This is my job! Look, I am here
To sweep the streets
And happy with my lot
But his body would not do
his coat's command
His gaze fixed on the gutter
His mind seemed overcome by grey
And left his broom forgot
I drove by in unyielding black
My colours selfishly concealed
But even so, his stillness seemed to say
Your world is everything mine used to be
And now, is not
Bangkok River
27 Oct 2015
No serenely flowing tide;
Its waters chop and turn.
Unruly furrows ploughed,
By boats bounced on the churn.
Where sea and river meet
And rush their headlong ways,
Joyously their waves collide
Like hands in greeting to the day.
Dawn
27 Dec 2014
Silver stripes catch grey light
On toothpick trunks of black on white
Silhouettes soften and colour creeps
Through crack of dawn while world still sleeps
As darkness brightens, stars fade down
Enchantment lingers as planet turns
Yawning fields uncover, silver, green and brown
Snow glows, then loses lustre; grey returns
