Colours

When you stop caring about the people who care about you
then you’re getting purple from crimson anger 
and the sadness of blue.

When you can’t see the beauty in nature
or the value in a leaf
then all the green is gone from you;
so Eden sinks to grief.

Then you might as well be dead already
because your spirit has flown;
but there’s beauty even in grey.
There is majesty in stone.

Sometimes...

Sometimes an atheist can inspire a believer to have faith.
Sometimes a believer can show a non-believer how to be good.
Sometimes a good man can do bad things.
Sometimes bad things can lead to fortuitous consequences.

Sometimes there is lightness in dark and darkness in light.
Sometimes darkness has a light of its own.
Sometimes I’m not sure if it’s the rainbow which has been crying
or the clouds.

Sometimes a good friend can be a great friend.
Sometimes a teacher can be a mentor.
Sometimes a lover’s candle can keep you warm and in light
for years after they are gone.

Sometimes you love so much it hurts.
Sometimes you laugh so hard there’s pain.
Sometimes you smile so wide
you think you might never smile again.

Sometimes mornings feel like treachery.
Sometimes the nights feel like deceit.
Sometimes life feels like the perfect purchase.
Sometimes you don’t need a receipt.

On Sadness

Don’t be afraid of sadness: 

it is your superpower.

It puts days into your seconds;

years condense to hours.

It turns rain into a prism, 

and on the other side is hope.

Don’t be afraid of sadness:

it’s the thing that helps you cope.

Sadness gives joy its colour;

sadness shows pleasure the pain.

Sadness shows you that after the heartbreak 

you can smile again. 

Sadness tells you “this might kill you; 

but, then again, it might not”. 

Sadness hugs you in its frozen embrace

so you can feel it when it’s hot.

So don’t be afraid of sadness: 

sadness is your superpower. 

Sometimes people die years before their hearts stop;

but let sadness in, and listen,

and your garden will re-flower.

Strength

Knowledge gives strength to the arm.
But what is an arm without a hand?
And what is a hand without fingers?
And what are fingers if not
instruments of love?
To touch a lover’s palm, feather light
To hold a child’s hand, in their moment of worry
To tickle the piano keys, in a moment of free, idle fancy.

What is strength without kindness?
And what is knowledge without wisdom?
And what is love without practice?
And what is warfare
without a reason to live?

everything

The nothing began to sparkle
and the nothing said divinity
and the divinity said light.

BANG!

And the void said infinity.
And the infinity said energy
and the energy said matter.
And the matter said stars.
Hydrogen, helium; so many atoms.
And on the 9 billionth day
the Divine said Here!

And a sun began engorging 
and the planets formed spheres.
And a long while later,
the Divine said life:
and the creatures said female!
And the female said wife.
And the female made male
and the two spawned children:
fish, invertebrates, reptiles - dinosaurs - HUMANS!

And the Humans said God
and God said Love.
But the humans weren’t sure
if their hearts were big enough.

So the spider said crawl
And the humans said shoes
And their voices said crush
And the spider’s blood oozed

And the Divine saw death
and the Divine’s heart sank
but the Divine saw love
and the Love was banked
so the Divine said forgive
And God’s heart bloomed

And the roses said careful
And the fruit said use
And the humans said multiply
And the Earth said tread light
and the darkness said always
but the sun said shine

And the humans’ hearts trembled 
somewhere in between love
and a feeling of fear, and hatred and
other things, but

the Divine said remember 
and the Ear said listen 
And the Mouth said speak 
But the Lips said glisten 
And the Lips said kiss
And the Arms said embrace
And the Legs said walk - never chase
And the Spine said strength 
And the Mind said wisdom
And the Heart said kindness
And the Blood said piston 
And the Feet said hold
And the Hands said yield

And the Children said play 
And the Father said field 
And the Children said tree
And the Father said build

And the Father said mother
And the Mother said trust
And the Trust said devotion
And Devotion said lust
and pride and envy - be careful of these.
Go with love, my child,
be light as the breeze.

And the Night said stars
and the Humans  said YES! 

And the Divine watched Everything

And Everything was blessed.