Beautiful photos!!!
So Much More
It is so much more.
In the incredible dream of life,
Adrift within wonder,
Amid a zillion zillion stars
We also live within the greater mystery
Of the whole of nature.
For as marvellous as a galaxy
Is the splendour
Of a single cell.
Opher – 24.7.2019
Biology is a wonder; to study the mystery of life; to cherish the plants and animals which we are part of; what could be more exhilarating?
Sunsets and Rainbows
Sunsets and rainbows
Are poems in the sky.
Forests and Oceans
The tales of where and why.
There are stories in the rocks
And paintings in the clouds,
Dancing in the flower meadows
Music from the crowds.
The symphonies they produce
Paint murals in the skull
The operas of the universe
Never considered dull.
Opher – 8.7.2019
Life is wondrous and nature is so amazing. Its beauty and immensity is more splendiferous than any works of man. All we can do is marvel at it.
Sacred Ground
Once it’s gone it can’t come back.
Sacred ground,
Desecrated,
Ripped and torn.
Lies abound!
Bit by bit,
Under concrete
Dead and gone.
Chopped and shot,
Poisoned and mauled,
Short and long,
Raised to the ground.
Life once plentiful
Now is scarce,
Decimated,
Most profound,
Vestiges
Clinging onto
Desecrated,
Sacred ground.
Opher 4.4.2019
When I was young the world was full of life, jungles were unexplored, Africa teemed with creatures. My back yard was full of butterflies and bees, the ditches had sticklebacks, newts and frogs, hedgehogs came to call.
Nature is sacred ground. It is profound. It is being decimated.
No Games
The eagle plays no games
As she soars on the winds
Life is quite simple:
To eat or to starve;
To mate or to perish.
She takes what she finds.
Her skill is all that informs her survival.
Her strength determines
Her or a rival.
Opher 24.6.2019
Nature is simple and cruel. There is little intrigue or politics. What you see is what you get. It is simply a battle for survival and to pass on your genes to the next generation. So basic. If you fail you die.
There is also majesty to it. Unlike most of our existence it is completely real. Our civilisation has divorced us from nature. We think we are not subject to the same laws anymore. Our lives aren’t battles for survival. We’ve opted for safety and comfort.
I wonder what we gave up on the way?
