A Park's Bench

A Park's Bench

From the most beautiful mornings,

To the most enchanting evenings,

From the spring to the frosty fall,

It's lived through to witness it all.

It's been there across generations and yet more to come,

Be it scientists or the philosophers, to it they succumb.

It has shouldered many a tired backs,

And more so of such kindly acts.

It has sheltered many homeless folks,

In many, a sense of nostalgia it invokes.

As it's always been there under the yew tree,

Open to everyone, without as little as a fee.

Scribbled across its surface are countless marks,

A sense of wonder in me every time it sparks.

A living history book it is for all, to see and touch,

Just be gentle with it... It's already aged much!

From a homeless man counting his days,

To a young artist experimenting his ways.

Carving in it animals and smiling faces,

It's wood has preserved their long left traces.

It sits there as it has always had: peacefully,

Under the yew tree, ageing beautifully.

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Snowflakes

Snowflakes

United they come as the winter dawns,

Blanketing white, the hedges and the lawns.

Formed in the sky, millions of icy shapes,

For the trees, make the perfect winter capes!

Swirling slowly as they descend,

Young and old, they befriend.

A soft white fleece they come to be,

Over which, the delighted children ski.

Fluttering as they float in the winter wind,

Each one different from its fellow twin.

Bearing the most intricate patterns and designs,

Each in its brilliance, incandescently shines.

Glistening like gems in the moonlight,

Setting ablaze the darkness of the night,

They swirl and swirl and forever descend,

Till at last into the landscape they blend.

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The Ark of Good Hope

The Ark of Good Hope

Our ship; our vessel is battered and damaged,

Sleepless nights have left the crew famished.

And over each and every decaying log of wood,

My worthy crew, once pompously stood.

But now, they're thrown to every corner,

I beg of them to bear with me a little longer.

The raging storms have left us all battered,

And the black horizon above: hope's shattered.

Oh how we long to the warmth of the sun,

Oh if we could lay our hands upon some bun!

But I've got keep them from wailing and despairing.

You see? I say. Our hope, the Ark's still sailing.

We'll soon make it ashore, to the bells,

To the harbour, the sun and the sea shells.

Oh men get up and take your positions,

We won't abandon the finest of expeditions!

And ah! finally! Some hope within them stirs,

The storm we then faced, my memory it blurs.

Yet when we opened our eyes through our shrouds,

Our star; the sun, shone brightly through the clouds.

Oh wake each of you from your deathly slumber!

The Most Merciful has made the storm encumber.

And see! At a distance is an earthly piece of land,

Our ship will now only rest on its golden sand.

Our ghost ship was greeted with whistles and bells,

And although my tattered Ark now peacefully dwells.

It's safe in the harbour but that's not what it's for,

It's meant to sail the oceans, it's meant to explore.

Regardless of it being made of wood and scrap,

It's meant to sail beyond the edges of the map.

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