Wonder

Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got till its gone? — I took a brief, brisk walk today. (By brief, I mean 7 mins including cool down, a distance of, perhaps, 700 metres, as I have ME/CFS.) It’s a cool and mild late autumn day in Melbourne and I’d been inside all morning, doing some life admin and a telehealth appointment…

There is wonder everywhere you look In the depths of the night, a secret unfolds, A tale of mysteries yet to be told. Listen closely, for I’ll take you there, To a realm where reality is rare. The last thing you will know, my friend, Is the beginning of an endless…

Do you? — I wonder where does love go when love is broke where brain goes when body isn’t woke Is it love that connects heart or the pain that praise when you got one do you often think? how you breathe when in deep sleep do you go to another world? to live another life is world merely a simulation and dream just another reality am I delusional? is it just me?

I am four years old in this memory. One day, my mother tells me that one of my close playmates and her family are going to somewhere called America. “America?” I repeat blankly. I have heard of America before. In the English program for kids that I watch every day…

What gets your mouth watering? — Having been away from home and fresh food for so long, what was seeing a plate of fruit like? While in the military, it was a harrowing experience being away from my family and son. There were times when we ate the t-rationed eggs, which were dry, and the meal-ready-to-eat, also known as MREs. When the MREs came out, I searched the boxes for my favorite ones, especially those…

Meeting in an unchanging place — The sun rises, illuminating the jewel river. The sun reflects on this moving surface, illuminating the waves, from within, like precious stones. The river sings, trills of birds, like a carpet of wonders. …

One thing that I am not actively seeking but always hoping for is connection. True, genuine human connection. There are moments when serendipitous connections have left a deep mark. Random conversations on planes and airports are some that I can easily recall (lucky that my headphones were not glued to…

A Wonder of the Ancient World — The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was a magnificent monumental tomb built in 350 BCE for Mausolus, the ruler of Caria. The marble structure was so massive and elaborately decorated with such a diverse array of striking sculptures that it was named one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. …

A Song to ‘The Ocean’ — Image by norman Bukoh from Pixabay *** I am the desert, and you are the sea I am the island, your ocean holds me Many the waves that caress the pilgrim Many the grains, the thoughts beyond number Many the twittering of prayers to the Maker, Many the footprints through…