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

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