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When I am Dead

07 Saturday Jul 2012

Posted by in Buddhism, Deep Stuff!, Longing & Waiting, Love, Poetry

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Graveyard [1]

 

 

 

 

Sitting in the gardens,

admiring flower beds,

will you still remember me,

when I am long dead?

 

Reflections on my past life,

no longer hurt my heart,

for they are now just stories,

from which I am apart.

 

Mental chatter ceases,

calm imbues my soul,

wisdom and compassion,

start to make me whole.

 

Although I’m reminiscing,

of all that never was,

I still miss you dearly,

no reason just – because…

 

© When I am Dead 2012

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Graveyard [1] (Photo credit: Simon Cocks)

One Day

10 Thursday May 2012

Posted by in Deep Stuff!, Longing & Waiting, Poetry

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Waterfalls at Bahati Camp, the first of three ...

 

 

How I lived,

loved, and

lost,

in a

day.

 

A crisp winter

walk.  Breath.

November

skies so

fresh.

 

Suffocating summer

afternoons, spent

making love, in

your bedroom.

Passionate.

 

Autumn abandonment.

Love tossed aside.

Sad, bitter tears,

words said,

love dead.

 

Armchair reminiscence,

so long ago,

memories,

spring,

forth.

 

How I lived,

loved, and

lost,

in a

day.

 

© One Day 2012

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Waterfalls at Bahati Camp, the first of three camp areas in the Uluguru Mountains. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)