Purple & yellow freesias

FREESIAS

Crocuses have flown

Up to perch in rows like birds

Upon a green twig.

Yellow freesias

Sweet yellow freesias

Fill the senses with perfumed

Delicate beauty

Freesias

Gift

orchid heart

Jewel

Lord of the desert

Freesia

Love

They say that love is infinite

And it may be so

While its source springs fresh

But when that flow is stopped

Love turns within,

Feeds on itself,

Destructive, self-devouring,

And turns to pain

And emptiness.

Café

Café

The populous streets of busy Paris

Swirl and whirl around me as I sit

On the covered terrace of a café,

Half-screened from the busy world outside.

The first sun of summer shines in on me,

The noises of the street blow through the open door

Fluttering the pages of my book

And carrying my mind outside.

Exam

EXAM

Heads bent, concentration,

Papers rustling,

Sudden pop-pssst of a Coke can,

Deep sigh,

Clink of bracelets, shuffle of shoes,

Tap, tap of calculators,

Faint breeze through the window,

Bird song,

Feet pacing, eyes roving,

Waft of coffee through the open door,

Stifled sneeze.

“”Just five minutes left”

- frantic scribbling.