105 rainbows

Rainbows arch gracefully

Over hill and vale.

We know

They exist only

Because

We can see them.

Rainbows glisten and glow

Through golden air.

Real

And yet

Not.

©Kim Magennis 2015

104 fragments

Each of us

Is a single

Shard

Of the whole.

A piece

Of the universe

Expressing itself

In strange and creative

Ways.

©Kim Magennis 2015

103 viewpoint

It is how you

See

A thing

That gives it meaning.

Your 

Perspective

Is

Your

Choice.

©Kim Magennis 2015

102 cultural norms

Much of our opinion

Is shaped by the

Prejudices and biases

Of those gone before us.

Sometimes

we awaken enough

to see in each other

the magic that is.

Sometimes

we are present enough

to be with each other

with honour and grace.

©Kim Magennis 2015

101 practice

we envy the apparently effortless 

mastery

of genius

and yet

we avoid the exercise of greatness

there is infinite wisdom

in the art of

practice

©Kim Magennis 2015

100 union

With every heart

That swells with joy

Our planet

Sings

©Kim Magennis 2015

099 attention

Every day

Life expresses itself

With an extravagant beauty

That

No audience

Ever sees

098 enlightened

To reach

wisdom

We need to grow tall

To stand

In our truth

And reach

For our dreams

Is our soul purpose

097 seeing

The mysteries of life

Present themselves

In quiet moments of 

contemplation

When we slow down

To actually 

look

And

See

Only then 

can we embrace 

the wonder

Of recognising things

Truly

As they are

©Kim Magennis 2015

096 beauty

one day

when all is cement grey

will we remember that we

failed to make the choice?

to protect and defend the inhabitants of this planet

is more than to accommodate rapacious man

to lose their light

is to lose our souls

when all is lost, who will we blame?

©Kim Magennis 2015

095 witness

do you really think

that what you do

has no

cosmic repercussions?

do you really think

that you walk

blameless

away from your destruction and lies?

the whole of the universe

watches and judges

the whole of the planet

writhes and contorts

©Kim Magennis 2015

094 weeds

the inconvenient truth

oftentimes

pops up

long after

heated conversation

and smothering legislation

misdirect and deflect

Obdurate

A weed in the path

©Kim Magennis 2015

093 the edge of the world

at the edges of our world

we pause and wonder.

we observe and imagine

the mysteries of the deep.

waves churn,

creating,

destroying,

creating again.

the planet swells and shrinks

with the breathing of the oceans.

we pollute and lay waste

the ocean shrugs and heaves.

it has seen countless eons and 

will continue to do so 

long after we are gone

©Kim Magennis 2015

092 fire in the sky

we humans think we rule the world.

when we truly look at the sky

and read its signs

we realise that

the might we yield,

the chaos we author,

 is a mere instant

of inconsequential self-grandeur

©Kim Magennis 2015

091 plenty

when ruled by

need, and not greed

we experience the

great bounty

that already exists in the universe

when ruled by

greed, and not need

even the richest crop

will not be enough

©Kim Magennis 2015

090 genius

when creative power

leaks from the sky

the air crackles and sparkles

also when it

manifests

in our souls

our imagination

breaks from this mortal plane

defying

all limitation

©Kim Magennis 2015

089 otherworld

magical fairy tale kingdoms

dwell

in the corners 

of reality

those places made strange

by their

shape and form

open our eyes

to imagination

©Kim Magennis 2015

088 flow

awash with inspiration

water tumbles

from sky

through stream

from fall

brilliant in clarity

or

clouded with confusion

a reservoir

of

unlimited imagination

to create

to carve

profound in one thing

to live

is to move

©Kim Magennis 2015

087 soul child

in our collective soul

there dwells

an unloved, vulnerable child

frail, beautiful, reclusive, ephemeral

this child can call from us

the greatest of our collective genius

©Kim Magennis 2015

086 child-wise

Unimpeded by expectation

oftentimes

our children

see it like it is

©Kim Magennis 2015

085 extemporization

survival

demands

attention and improvisation

the elegant solution

does not lie in

wishing problems away

life soars to accomplishment

when limitations

are embraced

and mastered

©Kim Magennis 2015

084 vanquish

to wrestle

-successfully-

with our inner demons

requires of us

-adamantly-

to remember who we are

©Kim Magennis 2015

083 playmates

in the purity

of infanthood

there are only peers

©Kim Magennis 2015

082 unexpected

when 

wisdom

stares from non-human eyes

when

love

shines in non-human embrace

when

tears

flow from non-human eyes

©Kim Magennis 2015

081 incorrigible

Nature

has a way

of doing things

that ignores the way 

we 

think it should

©Kim Magennis 2015

080 pristine perfection

fairy tale lines

whisper of grace

unattainable

feathers of ice

encase beauty

untouchable

gone

the gregarious green of spring

forgotten

the fruited fire of autumn

the pristine perfection

of winter's design

reigns


©Kim Magennis 2015

079 higher ground

what dark imagining

urges us

to slink in shadows?

why do so few dare

to rend the clouds

and reach

for

realms angelic?

078 majestic

when we 

finally

truly

embrace who we are

we soar to those heights

where dwell

eagles

©Kim Magennis 2015

077 home

to some

the icy heave and thrash of the ocean

is more home

than gentle rolling dunes of the beach

each soul

finds the home

that fills it with ease

©Kim Magennis 2015

076 humble beginnings

From time immemorial

The pattern is set

Loving guidance of trembling step

Returned again

from parent 

to child 

to parent

©Kim Magennis 2015

075 taking the wave

The thrill and rush

Of living on the edge

Sweetens each breath

Of an adventuresome life

©Kim Magennis 2015

074 because I can

not all servitude

is

martyrdom

there is great joy

in

lovingly giving

©Kim Magennis 2015

073 big brother

there are times

when

the comfort of friends

allows us

to rest in peace

©Kim Magennis 2015

072 well met

Kindred spirits

grace the pages

of our story

Ourselves in another mind

a friend of the best kind

©Kim Magennis 2015

071 lucky

Luck achieved 

is in the

Eye of the Beholder.

Should I play it safe?

Or should I be bolder?

Luck received

is always

Luck believed

©Kim Magennis 2015

070 family ties

the sweetest sensibilities

of hearth and home

are cherished

and nurtured

in many forms

©Kim Magennis 2015

069 icy seas

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what will people

make of ancient images

will they disbelieve?

will they marvel or grieve?

when this world grows hot and dry

will they dream of snow and ice?

©Kim Magennis 2015

068 carvings

we give great honour

to carvers of wood and stone

we admire proportions

and texture and tone

forgetting

that nature was the first

master carver

with subtle tools

and infinite patience

she outdoes the least of her creatures

©Kim Magennis 2015

067 icefall

we look to the stars for mystery and grandeur

when right before our eyes

the miracle of water

becomes

a crystal sculpture

of light

and

ice

©Kim Magennis 2015

066 mother-love 04

how precious

to this one's heart

is her child

how pure

is this one's love

That she is not like me

can never devalue

the currency

of her mother-love

©Kim Magennis 2015

065 beauty aloft

we take the things we

know

for granted

and assume our experience of them

is

all there is

even those things we

deem

beautiful

are wondrously strange 

if we see them

as really they are

©Kim Magennis 2015

064 gentle conversations

gentleness and affection

are not

exclusively human conversations

mankind is apt

to think

it created

the finer emotions

©Kim Magennis 2015

063 storm

as a storm brings rain

so

chaos brings change

©Kim Magennis 2015

062 clouds

Great cloud sculptures

adorn the sky

unperturbed by human scurryings

Like vast pillars of  ocean foam

they drift,

coagulate and then dissolve.

Sometimes 

they shiver with power

and bless the land with their tears.

©Kim Magennis 2015

061 habituation

The thing about beauty-perceived

is that 

when there is a lot of it 

we become blind to it.

Because it is not rare

we forget to care.

©Kim Magennis 2015

060 lovers

Lovers on the dance floor

- a universal mating ritual -

Observe the intricate steps of

defense and attack

and ultimate surrender.

Lover and Loved

parry and block

regroup and engage again.

©Kim Magennis 2015

059 water ballet

Context is everything.

If we offer the right environment,

anyone can be 

graceful, elegant, and beautiful.

The converse applies.

Even the most magnificent soul

can be diminished

if it is out of place.

©Kim Magennis 2015

058 What You See Is What You Get

Humankind's greatest foolishness

lies in thinking that

with Nature

What You See Is What You Get

©Kim Magennis 2015

057 wild

feral friends

are a window to a different reality

they remind us

what it is to be free

feral friends

are a mirror for our souls

they show us how 

we have sold ourselves for security

©Kim Magennis 2015

056 bliss

to reach beyond the cramped confines of now

into the unlimited breath outside of ourselves

is to know the bliss

of a really good stretch

©Kim Magennis 2015