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

055 odd couples

relationships

are not only

about give and take

who are we to judge

the rightness of a union

on the basis of our

unenlightened opinion

©Kim Magennis 2015

054 necessity

It can be tough

trying to hold it all together

but necessity is the most

elegant

source of innovation

©Kim Magennis 2015

053 potential

it is only when we give up the idea

that events have 

an intrinsic value

that we are free to see

the beauty in desolation

and the wisdom in death

©Kim Magennis 2015

0052 the right way

There are many ways

to reach

the same destination

What insanity is it

to imagine

that we have the only

right

way

And that our destination

is the only place

worth going

©Kim Magennis 2015

0051 Mother-Love 03

we do what our mothers did before us

tempered with instinct and intellect

we make the same mistakes

we set the same patterns

and yet, 

our children make something

wonderful of it all

they mould their children in a similar way

and their children, like ours, will be our salvation

©Kim Magennis 2015

0050 white swan

somewhere

in the recesses of my soul

an idea is planted,

a thing of beauty,

which unfurls its glorious wings

and takes off

from this mortal plane

to fly with the gods

©Kim Magennis 2015

0049 all that

how wondrous is natures imagination

how varied her expression of life

how arrogant are the least of her children

who assume

they are the pinnacle of her creation

©Kim Magennis 2015

0048 symphony

The universe

Plays its symphony

Across our sky

To ears that are deaf

And eyes that are blind

Its songs

Are reduced by the mind

Of the beholder

©Kim Magennis 2015

0047 cosmic crumb

All the universe

magnified

in this single drop

This single crumb

of cosmic dust

is all there is

Infinity

in perfect

balance

©Kim Magennis 2015

0046 harvest

Rivers of life

flow through

the leftovers of my youth

Wisdom and experience

litter my mind

in gold and red and rust

Now is the time

to harvest

©Kim Magennis 2015

0045 partners in crime

you need

-always-

to have that 

one friend

you need

-often-

to indulge in

hilarity

you need

-always-

to completely surrender to 

joy

©Kim Magennis 2015

044 getting on your groove

There are times when you just have to dance! 

When you need to surrender to that beat. 

When you just close your eyes and let it flow.

©Kim Magennis 2015

0043 song

The songs of our planet

Weave wild magic around us.

But, to feel safe, we become deaf.

In becoming deaf, we die to magic.

The songs of our planet

Remind us how it could be.

©Kim Magennis 2015

0042 Mother-love 02

Sweetness and affection

Without the sharp edges of life

Yield a gentle harvest

©Kim Magennis 2015

0041 bathing beauty

Returning to water

My soul

Regains its balance.

©Kim Magennis 2015

0040 children's faces

Our younglings 

Observe.

And slowly

They learn domestication.

All the magic,

All the wildness,

Gone.

©Kim Magennis 2015

0039 to kiss a frog

To kiss a frog

Is to yield to whimsy.

To catch a butterfly

Is to hold the secret of joy.

To fall in love

Is to go somewhere magical

And make it home.

©Kim Magennis 2015