FEET ON UNSTABLE WATERS By Anna Kapung THE RIVER The river is the same conceited Proceeds with its own eloquence Open in its clarity and influence Dark is its colour it has influence Its licence to hold what it knows Its prerogative it hides what it holds Each stream and current it commands Its dominance captures energy that human eyes wonders The beginning on no account reveals Waterfalls, sinkholes, tangents and tributaries Maintains humanity in the palm of its hands Arise like the tree with its roots on the riverbanks Ripples and churns a force of dominance Persuasiveness in all its magnificence Destination known smoothly it drifts Into the sea where it reveals its secrets DIAMOND SUNLIGHT Diamond starlights on the rippling water The colour of emerald is the river Steady smoothly on marbled stones Rainbow coloured waterfalls Purple tree lined river banks Red and yellow tree covered mountains Racing wild horses Shadows of the starks The colour of emerald is the river Diamond starlights on the rippling water THE ROAD MEETS THE HORIZON Unrelenting sun The glare upon my skin Dusty, dry road to my destination Every pore closed, heat like a furnace, its dehydration No relief insight weak within Endless cloudless blue sky, my mind’s misapprehension My shuffling feet, the miles I was mistaken The heatwave I am in an illusion Sweat drenched body, my constitution failing with exhaustion Each stride is agony loves misconception Blurry vision the road meets the horizon Dry mouth, dry throat in need of heat protection No tears in these eyes, my body’s insubordination Die if I should cease to move A fallacy I should find love in the Sahara COLD SUNSHINE No pink roses to alleviate my mood The trees show thorns for leaves No moon and stars to shine To allow one to pursue heavenBare, desolate ,my reality stripped No disguise to mask the blemishes Scars of my history Hidden in my thoughtsSilence in my mind Distractions removed that crowded my circumstance Sit in an empty house Sentiments intense I ownThe world outside is frigid Reason my way through the visions Cold sunshine that gives nothing Introverted let the uproar subsideClarity of mind Comfort in my loneliness Joy in my isolation Envision my spirits ambition Freezes the blood Water like ice Cools the earth Ground like stone WATERYour nature is greatness Your core illuminates magnificence Essence that is self effacing Brilliance in your eyes Wisdom is your disposition overflowing with enlightment Music to the pessimist Radiant rainbow after the summer storm Luminosity on my countenance Transforms the flow of prudence Salt to my essence Salt to my disposition Metamorphosis to my composition Powerful it is my constitution My reticence,my shelter WINDSTORM Destination anywhere Powerless to the elements A leaf in the windstorm Humour my emptiness Woe is my condition Meltdown ,try to hold the waterfalls On the edge of exhaustion Fraility in my nucleaus Buoyant I am in the wind Water without roots Defeat myself effortlessly Hours into days, days into weeks Gasping can hardly breathe The hours Delight not in myself The picture of me I loathe About the Author:Anna Kapung is a Canadian citizen with a BA (Hons) Degree in Hotel Management and a Diploma in Public Relations, Marketing and Sales Management. Currently, she is writing her third book to be entitled Orchestra of the Flutes. Her second book entitled Feet on Unstable Waters is yet to be released. Anna’s poetry has been published with United Press UK,Forward Poetry UK, Eber and Wein USA, Canadian Institute of Poetry. Her book Water falling between words is published by Austin Macauley. |
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