147 gender

Precious DNA

Carefully divided and then shared

Tenuous survival

Moulded in 

Honed skill and defined role

Mirror of the

Wisdom

Of duality

How do I know me

Without

Seeing the opposite

Of myself

In you?

©Kim Magennis 2016

146 mind-forest

Thoughts, ideas

Escape their 

Carefully cultivated beds

To my alarm

I discover

Not a garden

But a forest

Inexplicably

Dark, wild

Filled with

Foggy copses

And the occasional 

Dell

Of bright, clear 

Light

©Kim Magennis 2016

145 portal 02

No matter how

Hopeless or

Trapped

I feel,

There, in divine perfection,

A door

Stands open.

Waiting for me

To see and believe.

©Kim Magennis 2016

144 home

This 

single 

luminous drop 

in the vast darkness of the cosmic ocean

Is where I choose to test

The boundaries of my consciousness

The graceful curve of her horizon

Shapes this nexus

Of my reality

A coming together

Of mind and matter

©Kim Magennis 2016

143 desert beauty

even the most desolate 

natural spaces

on our mother-earth

ache with life and light

the beautiful secrets they harbour

are revealed

only

to the true seeker

©Kim Magennis 2016

142 mother-love 06

come,

my little one

let me shelter you

from the storms of life

let me offer myself

as your shield and defense

and then

when you are grown

let me allow you to stand

proud

on your own

©Kim Magennis 2016

141 soul-food

your words

feed

my soul

you write on my spirit-house walls

they echo your thousand voices

your whispers 

haunt

my mind

prejudice, passion, presumption

my task is to hear the stories

and see

for myself

their

generosity, grace, bravery

©Kim Magennis 2016

140 portal 01

a new way of seeing

beckons

it invites me

to step

into a new reality

a new way of being

calls

it only asks of  me

to give up

everything I once believed

©Kim Magennis 2016

139 defense

the need

to protect myself

is carved deep in my psyche

thorny defensiveness

bitter aggression

acrimonious tears

all

erupt

from my skin

blemishes

on

my soul

©Kim Magennis 2016

138 pathways 01

To know myself

is to explore

the deepest, darkest

pathways

of my soul

This is my journey:

to fearlessly embrace the shadows

and 

to joyously celebrate the light

©Kim Magennis 2016

137 design

the genius of Nature

lies not in her diversity

but in how

her Design

always runs true to itself

with sublime

intelligence

she crafts

leaf, feather and fur

each unique

and yet

each holds

to its innate architecture

©Kim Magennis 2016

136 nurture

To nurture our young

Is coded in our genes

To love them

Is written on our soul

135 jewel

She sits on the velvet of the black void

A gem of incomparable beauty

Delicately fragile

Incomprehensibly resiliant

A gem of inestimable value

She lights the heavens in cloud kissed splendour

©Kim Magennis 2016

134 opportunity

The immensity of space and time

Rolls across endless paths

Limitless abundance

Lies disregarded at our feet

Where to go?

What to do?

There is sacred wisdom

In taking just

One

Step

©Kim Magennis 2016

133 random moments

Distilled perfection

Imprinted on my senses

No rhyme or reason to remember

Impossible to forget

That tone, that note,

That whisper of passion

That colour, that hue,

That sublime reflection

That fragrance, that perfume,

That breath of inspiration

That touch, that taste,

That kiss of sweet possession

©Kim Magennis 2016

132 everyday treasure

When you pay attention

Even the most

Commonplace thing

Is revealed as

A unique and precious treasure

©Kim Magennis 2016

131 currency

If I show you affection,

Will you feed me?

If I cater to your needs

Will you shelter me?

If I appreciate you

Will you defend me?

What is the currency of our love?

©Kim Magennis 2016

130 community

;

The most profound truths of life

Are discovered

In community

When we rub shoulders

We find all the

Sharp edges

Of our beliefs

We gather around ourselves

Those who support

Our world view

Who have you

Drawn to you

On this journey?

©Kim Magennis 2016

129 mother-love 05

even the most 

started somewhen

as the least

©Kim Magennis 2016

128 comfort

My pack heart

seeks out

My spirit mates

in them I find

reflections

of who I could be

©Kim Magennis 2016

127 wonder

in the end

we should not be measured

by the size

of our achievements, or wealth, or fame

but, rather, 

we should be measured

by the size

of the wonder we infused

into all of our earthly days

126 magic architecture

we look at the product

and marvel

admiring

execution, structure, expression,

and the architect

scuttles away

to friendlier climes

©Kim Magennis 2016

125 sculpture

alabaster cries in envy

the fluid flow

of flesh

and bone

denied

by its very own nature

always building illusions

of great beauty

yet never housing

spirit

or

soul

©Kim Magennis 2016

124 jungle dream

Leopard Cat

what part of you
is hiding out
in the jungle of your mind?

is it shy and reclusive?
or is it hungry and predatory?

where has your wildness gone?

©Kim Magennis 2016

123 natures palette

the hues of  natural life

are endless

fabulous

gorgeous

yet

we don the grey of industry

and bury ourselves in the black of waste

denying 

the colour in our souls

bleeds 

the light

from our minds

©Kim Magennis 2016

122 cathedral

sacred cathedral

carved by mystic wave

a place where 

adamant rock and relentless ocean 

commune

and 

create a place 

fit 

to worship

the magic forces of life and death

©Kim Magennis 2016

121 more

the heavens

caress our heads

every day

inviting us to

consciously contemplate

the magnitudes

they display

infinitely gorgeous

wondrously wide

ineffably beautiful

120 upside down

looking through

the lens of our minds

can turn things

on their heads

we confound

the signals of

our moral compass

with

the pull of our

desires

©Kim Magennis 2016

119 window 02

framing our experience

with the stories

we tell ourselves

creates so many pictures

that

do not reflect the light

within our souls

©Kim Magennis 2016

118 creativity

when we lose our souls

in seriousness

we lose more

than just our

sense of humour

the creativity 

that 

effortlessly flows

from

play

becomes something

we see

only in others

who

dare

to risk the ridiculous

©Kim Magennis 2016

117 old souls

we search the planet 

for 

gurus and teachers

and forget

the infinite grace and knowing

that flourishes

in our back yard

©Kim Magennis 2016

116 epiphany

wisdom and understanding

are all a matter

of perspective

when you give up the fear

it all becomes clear

©Kim Magennis 2016

115 safe haven

our souls seek the restful shores of peace

little realising

that those gentle latitudes are only reached

by braving stormy seas

©Kim Magennis 2016

114 blessed

exquisite beauty

in so many forms

inhabit this space we call home

wild and gorgeous

beyond imagination

blessed are those

who defend their rights

©Kim Magennis 2016

113 friends

setting out

with our mates

to embrace all the excitement

of life

one will lead

one will follow

one will have our back

©Kim Magennis 2016

112 cycles

the wisdom of the seasons

often escapes us

as we scurry and scuttle

through life.

we defy

the natural process

to our peril

gone is the cycle

of birth, fruiting, harvest and death

into one long

drab day

the same day

for seventy years

is not a life

©Kim Magennis 2016

111 butterfly soul

the worldly grub

of my spirit

writhes and creeps

through the luxurious forest

of life

called to my cocoon

at first I resist

the change is awe-full

the pain, the total surrender of form

is not negotiable

finally

when I emerge

the world is changed

and I drink the elixir

of a thousand flowers

©Kim Magennis 2016

110 dusk

Mystic moments

When

Liquid light

Drifts and coalesces

In

An intimate embrace

Of earth and forest

Magic moments

When the

Veil

Between here and there

Is thin

And wisdom leaks into minds

©Kim Magennis 2016

109 tribe

our tribe

our pack

our soul family

bonded through time and space

we love and weep

reveling in familiarity

our mind

in another's body

as natural as breathing

as wise as life itself

©Kim Magennis 2015

108 perspective

The mountain goat,

From her precarious

Vantage point,

Looks down on 

The soaring eagle, 

and weeps.

Admiring 

Beak and talon and wing

She forgets

The sheer cliff

Which is her playground.

107 music

opaline light

phoenix-bright leaves

the forest

sings

in colour

bacchanal bellows

symphonic stridulation

the forest

paints

in sound

©Kim Magennis 2016

106 chilling

This pattern

Set in nature

Is

Universally true

To know how to rest

Is

To know how to thrive

Beyond

Survival.

©Kim Magennis 2016

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