HOME, MY HOME

By Leah C Dancel

HOME,  MY HOME

How I longed to belong

To someone, someplace, somewhere

In my heart where I can sing a song

Of longings that my soul can sweetly render

Free from all sad mem'ries, none to remember

The place is home to many strangers:

A land they fondly called Down Under!

Here in my new home that overflows with milk and honey

There's abundance of wealth that nature blessed

Hard toil and perseverance do make dreams come into reality

Big and small, whatever it takes, are worthy to be praised

Resilience fuelled by determination is cautiously addressed.

Take a fair dinkum shot and you'll be right

Heed to your inner voice and do things right.

Home is where I hide away 

From all the mundanes of this troubled world

To rest whenever I feel weary

To mind my own cares and forget the old

Worries that I'd let loose from my hold

This is my home, that which is void of trappings

It's a home nonetheless, my home, sweet home: Forever will be!

©Leah C. Dancel

Copyright©January 1, 2022

All rights reserved

First Poem 2022

#home 

#downunder

FAREWELL

Lifted from FB

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year 2023 🎆🎈 

FAREWELL 

You bid farewell in a shriek 

A bitter feeling and sentiment

But to its departure

You sing the very HAPPY NEW YEAR

Among the most shimmering 

Moment of your flashing heart

You freshen and wheeze within 

A string of feelings

Waves beyond your drowning 

Horizon felt and you once smell 

The best reflection of those beckon 

And the withered those veiled landscapes 

A sweet recollection slowly springs 

In the last glimpse of your memoirs

It’s bygone 

Big guts brew

In the spree you not stumble somewhere

Gently, as you ponder yesterday

A rejuvenation, be it

In your sound presence

Rejoice-be sprouted in your maiden 

With full of curiosity

Delighting the year 

Merged with mirth

You could ever portray 

Happiness sprinkles

Over those overwhelming within

You have ever felt

A full of pomp and splendor

Shall but adhere in your rhythm

Looking for new moments

A worth living and 

A complete meaning

(C) Hum Ale

THE PASSERSBY

December 31, 2022

The Passersby

By Epimaco Densing III 

Every single day

As the sun rises

Encounters we have

With assorted people, sweet and joyful

Some may be true

Others will make you blue

No choice, you'll be together

'Til the sunlight's vitamin D

Disappears altogether

As the mid-day emerges

Like passersby they're gone

The truer ones stay but not

Every moment of the day

Then a new set will arrive

Some will treat you wrong

While others will make you strong

Times there will

Only rumors they want

But most will listen

As true friends will bear

When evening arrives

Some people in the day

Re-appears in the night, unexpectedly

Under the moonlight

With you they'll twit

As the darkness passes

A new dawn breaks

The passersby return

Renewed with unwavering faith.

DUST of SNOW

Lifted from Snowwolfs Woodland Nook

Dust of Snow

By Robert Frost

The way a crow

Shook down on me

The dust of snow

From a hemlock tree

Has given my heart

A change of mood

And saved some part

Of a day I had rued

Artist Maggie Vandewalle

Feelings and Emotions

By Sufi

FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS by Sufi

"Only with TIME do we realise the importance of LOVE"

Once upon a time all Feelings and Emotions went to a coastal island for a vacation. According to their nature, each was to have a good time. Suddenly, a warning of an impending storm was announced and everyone was advised to evacuate the island. 

The announcement caused sudden panic. All rushed to their boats. Even damaged boats were quickly repaired and commissioned for duty. 

Yet, Love did not wish to flee quickly. There was so much to do. But as the clouds darkened, Love realized it was time to leave. Alas, there were no boats to spare. Love looked around with hope. 

Just then Prosperity passed by in a luxurious boat. Love shouted, 'Prosperity, could you please take me in your boat?"

No', replied Prosperity, 'my boat is full of precious possessions, gold and silver. There is no place for you.'

A little later Vanity came by in a beautiful boat. Again Love shouted, 'Could you help me, Vanity? I am stranded and need a life. Please take me with you.'

Vanity responded haughtily, 'No, I cannot take you with me. My boat will get soiled with your muddy feet.'

Sorrow passed by after some time. Again, Love asked for help. But it was to no avail. 'No, I cannot take you with me. I am so sad. I want to be by myself.'

When Happiness passed by a few minutes later, Love again called for help. But Happiness was so happy that it did not look around, hardly concerned about anyone. 

Love was growing restless and dejected. Just then somebody called out, 'Come Love, I will take you with me.' 

Love did not know who was being so magnanimous, but jumped on to the boat, greatly relieved that she would reach a safe place. 

On getting off the boat, Love met Knowledge. Puzzled Love inquired, 'Knowledge, do you know who so generously gave me a lift just when no one else wished to help?'

Knowledge smiled, 'Oh, that was Time.'

'And why would Time stop to pick me and take me to safety?' Love wondered. 

Knowledge smiled with deep Wisdom and replied, 'Because only Time knows your true greatness and what you are capable of. Only Love can bring Peace and great Happiness in this world. 

~~~~

The important message of this Sufi story is that when we feel important, we forget Love. Even in Happiness and Sorrow we forget Love. Only with Time do we realize the importance of Love. So, why wait that long? Why not make Love a part of our life today?

Photo: Short voyage to Guimaras Island with Precy Bierbaum, December 12, 2019

SILENCE

By Caroline Dancel-Garcia

Silence

A moment of silence fills my heart with your love

Your presence in my heart is the embrace that I am longing

My prayer at night brings in the silent moment I am dreaming 

Being with you in silence fills my heart with your love

Will you stay a little longer? My heart’s request

“Always” a whisper so gentle from your heart

“I love you mom” I whisper back as I close my eyes for the night

The calming rhythm of my heart is a reminder of your  presence at all times

My lullaby from heaven is your humming voice 

A reminder that you are “always” near by

The stars shine bright from above

Keeping the night sky lit

For you are “always” close by

To fill the silence with your love

NB

From Caroline's foreword:

This happens when I wake from a dream 😴 words starts to flow and i just write as they come… 

I miss my mom’s embrace. Holidays are hard to celebrate without her laughter and cooking. 

EMPTY NEST

October 19, 2022

Macquarie Field

Empty Nest

Once a place where laughter rings -

Between playmates who dance and sing.

Their voices sweet; they're full of life;

Cute angels sent from heaven above.

Once a court where Princesses reign.

Uncrowned, bejewelled with dimpled chins.

When dreamstime bids, they're sweet cherubs in the cribs:

My pure joy, the source of maternal pride.

Once a playground where fantasy plays;

They catch rainbows in their mine of dreams.

Book and friends; toys and games;

They tell stories and acting out names.

Once a clinic where nurses serve

Lots of tender loving care they share;

Looking after patients sick and weak;

Some loving hugs bring them back to health.

Once a school where children learn

To read and write; count and listen;

They teach each other with so much fun and joy;

Great is the experience that they enjoy.

Once a garden where insects swarm

O'er pretty flowers they hover and charm;

While nature lays green carpet on the ground;

Shrubs and trees keep them safe all around.

Once a church where they pray to worship.

And sing songs of praise with hearts content.

Their kindred spirits are nurtured there;

As they grow ever thankful with grace.

Now they're gone, having found their own nest;

Makes my heart filling with emptiness;

No shadows I see behind the sun;

What's left are their memories of fun!

© Leah C Dancel

Copyright © November 27, 2007

All rights reserved 

SH-AUSTRALIA

(15 years on my own as of  November 27, 2022)

 

What I Am

Lifted from Estelle Cortes

I will be nothing except what I am.

I cannot give any more than I am prepared to.

I will not back down from truth because someone 

else refuses to see what the truth is.

I will not dance around what I am to make someone else happy.

It is my life and I will live it according to what makes me happy and content.

I will not pretend to be what I am not. I wear no masks. I do not conform.

I have earned that right and I claim it above all else.

If I am not your cup of tea, I will understand if you walk away from me.

I finally know what being true to yourself means and I live it to the best of my ability.

I am not weak. I am strong but that doesn't make me wrong.

I will celebrate your life and try to lift you up 

But it is up to you to fill your own cup.

Rev. Diannia Baty

That November Fragrance by Fewa Lake

By Hum Ale

That November Fragrance by Fewa Lake

(Repost)

It was a November frosty day

I felt warm in the chilly wind

As my mind was so brisk 

Frolicking soft I could gulp 

The savor of the good day

As I encountered with a lady

Feeling like a fine day

I grasped the moment

Of the whole day 

Walking in Fewa Lakeside

The sun bade caressing 

The Western Sky

A little tiredness in mind I felt 

She asked me to go for dinner

Then I took her to a bar

I whisked the evening into my mind

And, asked her if she would like to drink

She shook her head for Vodka and Cranberry

I was alright with a peg of Whisky

She talked and I felt like a tonic

With lip sprinkling fine in my mind

The light flickered on her face

And, sprayed the fragrance of her beauty

The soft chill breeze

In the verge of bidding farewell 

Swayed her hairs

A tick and tick sound in my heart

I smelt the marinated peanuts

To not quell the flakiest heart

She kept on with words

The words of fluttering voice

She asked for a dance

We danced in a lullaby song

In a string of warm love 

Flapping the wings

We swam the full moon

Into a deeper lake

Drowning for a long time

The wonderful moment of night

We played the world

With a fine colored meadow

Till the shroud in the eyes

(C) Hum Ale

Photo Credit to the genuine owner

35 Years Anniversary in Australia

#Tanka

Confidence alert

No fray nerves ever concede

Fly along your dreams

In the blue clouds of yearning 

To a land unknown per quest.

© Leah C Dancel

Copyright © December 2, 202

All rights reserved 

#35YearsINAustralia

It's "Beyond Gratitude"

For reaching this far,

With God's providence

and watchful care.

My aging life

Has brought me blessings;

I'd never dreamt nor expected.

I can't forget from where I came from

Across the seas and hundred miles.

I'll always remember my humble beginnings

As I tried to live each day with gratefulness.

There were hundred times I almost gave up,

When trying moments were impossible to hurdle.

But God has given me strength to keep going;

I didn't know then that He made me realise

I have the courage to toughen it all.

Alone and forlorn, He holds the light

That glimmers in the sky

The hope of my aspiration is just within reach

He knows that in everything 

My heart has only one desire:

Peace!

© Leah C Dancel

Copyright ©️ December 2, 2022

All rights reserved

SH-AUSTRALIA

#35yearsinaustralia