Illustration Friday... "Time"

Time

The beauty of blossoms

The lingering flame

A memory so timeless

That only time will betray

Illustration Friday..."Shiny"

Shiny

On a moonless night,

Near the stream flowing by,

Something shiny caught my eye.

It was the moon in the water,

Floating softly like a silver paper,

It smiled and said giggling,

“I was so bored of just spinning,

I thought I should try some swimming”

As the water turned to a golden dawn,

And the city stirred to a new morn,

The moon jumped up and was gone.

At night by the stream quiet indeed,

May be I will catch a glimpse,

As the moon slips in like a shiny bead.

Me and Myself

Sitting alone by the sea one day,

I saw a figure not far away.

“Hello”, I said in a friendly tone,

And then I saw it was me, or was it my clone.

To see myself, I was surprised as could be,

I thought she looked younger, this other me.

She dived in the water and swam like a fish,

Oh to swim like that, was always my wish.

Strangely I felt as though I was there,

Deep in the water, swimming without a care.

Her eyes were twinkling; she gave me a smile,

I followed her gaze, but may be the gaze was mine.

We collected shells and pebbles gleaming on the sand,

Her palm was so smooth, or was it my hand.

Then a trick of dusk at the end of the day,

She seemed close as a breath or did she walk away.

I stood quite still, her whispers in my head,

Her voice rang softly or was it something I had said.

There is magic in every moment, in every way,

That’s what she said to me, and I said to myself that day.