Wonder & Curiosity
Leipzig Aug 2023
More and more, I stumble across that child like wonder and curiosity.
Reconnecting to a timeless aspect of myself, finding glimmers of joy and happiness.
The world seems brighter, more colourful, more vibrant, and more amazing every day
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I watch the gentle caress of the wind gliding through the trees.
Their vivacious leaves translucent from the sun, glistening in ecstatic motion.
I'm absorbed in the dazzling beauty that exists inside me.
A tingling of recognition as the breeze whispers ancient secrets long forgotten
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I gaze at the lush, verdant forest echoed in the supple ripples on the surface of a lake,
Catching the reflection of my own heart.
Shimmering light, ephemeral, transient, unwilling to be enslaved.
Immune from the rational and empirical,
Open only to the tenderest brush, the purest kiss of surrender.
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I soak in the vast carpet of stars blinking in the dark sky.
I see the twinkle in the smiling eyes of my ancestors,
As pilgrims traversing the eons of time.
Riding majestically on the back of comets.
Delivering the spark of you and me
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I lay on the velour grass watching the flow of clouds.
White and grey fairy floss drifting across an impossibly blue sky.
My thoughts chasing along behind them.
Carried by the leisurely spinning of the earth.
My mind stops, adrift in the space between thoughts.
Untethered from the incessant story I once assumed was me.
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Rain patters on a tin roof, soothing the deep recesses of my psyche.
The scent of the forest, mixed with the rich damp earth,
Indelibly etching it’s magic into my bones.
A mist of fine liquid nourishment coating my hair,
I look up to drink the essence of life
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Waves roll onto the shore as I sit on the wet sand,
Crashing into frothing foam that rushes excitedly to greet me.
They slow my cognition and quell my unease.
Their endless arising a window into my origins.
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I once fell in love with my own breath.
A discovery so exquisite and rapturous.
A memory still so silky and sweet.
A mystical feline bestowing joy with its velvet fur,
Each time it returns to grace me with it’s divine presence
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I cycle along the fast flowing river.
It bubbles and gurgles full of exuberance.
My muscles strain under the load of the steep hill.
Blood pumping, heart thumping, chest heaving, body screaming.
Until the flood of endorphins drenches me wet and elated.
The crest comes with sweet release.
The downhill rush merciful on my quads.
The breeze on my cheeks a delight.
The exhilaration of speed makes me giddy for life.
Alive more than ever before.
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I press my frozen hands towards the crackle and spit of the gyrating flames.
The heat transformed from one life form to another,
through a process I don’t understand but just know.
My fingers and cheeks fail to be confused as to its witchery.
Warmth savoured and idolised as the bitter frost,
Turns my shivering breath visible to the naked eye.
The enigmatic glow of bristling life ignites a primal pleasure.
I lean back infused with a mixture of comfort and enchantment.
Hypnotised by its playful frolicking and leaping.
The subterranean crevices of my soul bows to the same spirit that burns inside me.
Shadows of my subconscious self dance on the rocks,
Free from the illusion of separateness.
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The sun’s rays streak through the canopy of leaves above me.
Diagonal beams illuminating dust particles into spectral shades,
Setting fire to my soul.
Their exquisite beauty filling me with fascination,
As I marvel at the hovering light.
How little it takes to be truly happy.
A dragonfly charges through the ribbons slicing a hole,
Sucking a plume of multicoloured splendour behind it.
Leaving me spellbound by it’s sorcery
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The sunlight glistens on beads of dew
Still lounging on succulent blades of grass from the birth of the day.
Miniature globes of jubilation unaware of their potency.
Their molecules billions of years in the making,
Unconcerned by their temporal existence
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I'm lost in the beauty that surrounds me.
The love hiding under the surface of reality
For those who are willing to see more than objects
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I miss your laugh and your energy.
I know that wherever you are, you bring light and joy.
The rich beauty inside of you is impossible to hide.
Let the magic within you flood the world
With your quirky, weird, charming, imperfect, enchanting, flawed, magnetism.
Shine bright, my beautiful friend
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