Still my mind and teach me to hear
the absence of a stream
the sparkle of air, crystal clear
the outline of a dream
still my mind and teach me to read
the red lines behind the gauge
give me the skillsets that I need
to deink and strip this page
open me up to the noughts hidden
in the maze of days and nights
the trees and music, tinsel, ribbons
the spectra of festive lights
teach me to grow through colours and shapes
of silence, absence and voidscapes.
So...that's the final word. It's been a relentlessly hard year, glad to see the back of it. Thank you for your support and your time, here and on the other platforms of engagement. Wishing you a joyful, peaceful and healthful New Year 2021.
You paint such pictures with your words - thanks for this finale to 2020. We shall see what's in store for 2021. Stay well and no doubt you'll help us understand next year with your beautiful poetry. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHoping things will take a turn for the better, if not immediately in the new year, then by spring/summer. Fingers crossed!
DeleteThanks for being here.
Hari OM
ReplyDelete...and on into the next with courage and deep breath... Sending Love and Blessings, YAM xx
I have had plenty of opportunities to perfect my hyperventilating techniques this year :) Thank you. <3
DeleteThank you.
ReplyDeleteYour words mesmerise me, and I am looking forward to seeing more of them next year - and your wish is perfect.
Thank you EC, for everything! Hoping for a smoother ride in 2021 for all of us.
DeleteI am leary of 2021. I remember how glad people were to welcome 2020. So tired. Trying to be hopeful.
ReplyDeleteI know! It's been exhausting! Each year seems to get more frazzling than the one before. But I think we've hit rock bottom with 2020. Nowhere 2021 can go but up. Hopefully. Stay safe and well.
DeleteTeach me theme is good. Happy to inform the success of Online Handbook of Industrial Engineering - 2019 Version - Narayana Rao A to Z 2020 Blogger.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the success of your book. The things I am looking to learn won't be in it :)
DeleteHi Nila - wise words to end last year ... none of us could have imagined these times ... though the warnings were there for some to see - we just need some leaders who can see beyond their own noses ...
ReplyDelete'teach me to grow through colours and shapes
of silence, absence and voidscapes.' wonderful words I sure I hope I learn beautiful shades and colours this year - when it let's us. All the best - Hilary