SamadhiMuse

When the news stops
and the light gathers clear,
here, if we pause,
we simply love each other.

And this – while the trees
and the afternoon
enfold us.

And this – regardless
of whether we notice
it or not.

Gallagher
23Sep24
Christchurch

I’ve been out and seen the world
in the restless years
amid the storms of passions
and changing alliances.

It’s all far away now
as the evening’s fire begin to burn.

I no longer yearn for the open highways
and the thrill of razor mountains.

Here, I’m settled in a quiet way
with the hands of familiarity embracing me.

I am home after a long journey
settled into a loving now
which wishes
nothing else.

Gallagher
25Sep2024
Christchurch
– to the music of “My Thieving Heart”
by Sivert Høyem & Marie Munroe