Month: April 2017

In memory of a murdered child: Colighny South Africa April 2017

it was just last week ~ I too picked a sunflower ~ yet I got to live

©Lize Bard

Private music

sounds of our dreams
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singing our own melodies
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beating our own drums

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Caring

you don’t give a damn ~ is what you have to pretend ~ we know differently

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Today: April 2016

the delicate touch ~ of autumn on the Highveld ~ today’s little joy

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By chance

without intention ~ my soul found its resting place ~ leaving me stranded

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Disentangle

tumbling through my thoughts ~ itinerant in my mind ~ I’m releasing you

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Travellers

I’ll explore with you ~ as far as you want to go ~ on each different path

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Blue day

when the days are blue ~ I may follow my heartache ~ for a little while

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The book

I breathe you in ~ your words nourishing my being ~ then I let you go

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The whisper

when I dare listen ~ the silence echoes a name ~ that I’ve yet to learn

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Mirror

long-lost worlds revealed ~ light reflecting in your eyes ~ tomorrows concealed

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Silent seperation

a grey rainy day ~ after all, the still divide ~ broken memories

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This poem

this poem found me here ~ where I’m sitting deep in thought ~ now I pass her on

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Flash back

my feet remind me ~ of the places I have been ~ of my father’s stance

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Daydreaming

open-mind dreaming ~ Cinderella on the moon ~ grow a pair of wings

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Leaving poetry

I leave my fragments ~ in your kitchen and back yard ~ in your words and thoughts

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Cadence

so close yet so far ~ colliding drifting apart ~ rhythm of our hearts

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Exposure

vulnerability ~ such a precious thing to share ~ in another’s trust

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Doubled up

I’ve gathered the light ~ that was folded in your song ~ like rays of the sun

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Silent harmony

I love our silence ~ the easy stillness we share ~ brings such harmony

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Early

this morning’s songbirds ~ brought with them a gentle voice ~ from across the sea

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Yielding

when I surrendered ~ you enveloped my fears ~ and let me take flight

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The drift

little by little ~ they started drifting apart ~ as simple as that

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Noise

one thing I can say ~ is that there’s nothing to say ~ yet we all talk

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Of a feather

flimsy paper birds ~ we fly amongst life’s clouds ~ sometimes sharing space

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Calmness

we are all alone ~ this is where we find the calm ~ amid a mind storm

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Southern autumn

here it is autumn ~ somewhere over the oceans ~ spring reveals herself

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Dreaming people

the people we dream ~ without names they leave their trails ~ ever in our minds

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Contour

words give shape to you ~ while the sun clings to the hills ~ before letting go

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A dawn past

a journey awaits ~ a protea-pink daybreak ~ a seat is empty

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Your shades

beneath your layers ~ so many more shades of grey ~ that I want to touch

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Leaps & flights

it is an idea ~ the sensations we create ~ it is nothing more

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Colour of sleep

the evening peels ~ away bright colours of day ~ sleep’s in black-blue grey

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Desert wind

when your eyes take flight ~ across never-never days ~ it’s my mind’s delight

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Through the mask

peel off the mask ~ show emotions raw and true ~ look into my eyes

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Night-time wandering

in the night’s deep rain ~ I followed dark-blue acorns ~ and two blushing doves

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South Africa: enough is enough!

our message is clear ~ but our leaders remain deaf ~ rotten to the core

©Lize Bard

Silent language

no words are needed ~ the stillness of our journeys ~ translating our thoughts

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The visitor

autumn in the air ~ the moon is full, the night deep ~ he knocks at my heart

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Inner space

touching all the stones ~ I swim in your warm embrace ~ desert of my soul

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Wishful thinking

I wished you were here ~ between the sun and the moon ~ my moods grey and pink

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Sharing

when I share your pain ~ our worlds collide with the storm ~ in a sea of calm

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Recollection

walking together ~ in the rain and the sunshine ~ of this lovely land

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Closing the gap

made me smile today ~ your message from a distance ~ seemed so close to home

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Decisions

scary they may be ~ but the beauty of the flight ~ inspires the leap

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Elusive

mysteries of life ~ keep us looking for answers ~ never to be found

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Our language

those deaf to silence ~ will not understand the words ~ born from our stillness

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In memory of the giants: South Africa, April 2017

you can loot the state ~ but you cannot loot our souls ~ as we rise as one

©Lize Bard

Adrift

my mind is afloat ~ on many shared memories ~ I am stranded

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Enigma

you are the ocean ~ with a thousand deep secrets ~ washing on my shore

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