Outside of space and outside a time
a column of Light towers above me
Beneath it a Universe spins anti-clockwise
behind it, one spinning the opposite way
Now in the presence of something Divine
my body is stricken and filled with great fear
Never before has it ever been close
to what many people, might call, our God
I'm deadly still, for fear of moving
I close off my ears in fear of exploding
and simply stand with the greatest humility
beholding a sight, few ever will see...
A travel log of PhD research in revitalising traditional Māori knowledge systems in Aotearoa New Zealand
Showing posts with label Fear. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fear. Show all posts
Tuesday, 19 February 2013
Thursday, 25 October 2012
83. Wotty-wot
Deep in a dream I look down at the ground
and see a small shadow on top of my back
Shy and afraid it moves further away
as I try to grab at it, and reach right behind me
Slowly and gently I beckon it round
and coax with a loving and caressing hand
where a little green creature with 6 bulbous eyes
scrambles around to the front of my body
It's tube like antennae wobble and flop
as the little young infant snuggles into my chest
and notice another young thing on my shoulder
whose body resembles a stick like insect
And from the ground I feel another one move
slowly and meekly curling around my left leg
where pitted, small eyes apon it's small head
look up at me shyly, fondly with love
Sensing their fear I look all about me
and see a young guy hunting them down
But it is ok I say to the children
as I call forth a protector whose also a mum
The beauty Medusa appears from the dark
baring a great regal head and locks of long snake
where the children I hold now cover their eyes
as I warn the young hunter he'd best do the same
The thing about fear, if its left to continue
will make you imagine and create bigger foes
But sometimes the simplist things we can do
is look at our fears through a differing lense?
and see a small shadow on top of my back
Shy and afraid it moves further away
as I try to grab at it, and reach right behind me
Slowly and gently I beckon it round
and coax with a loving and caressing hand
where a little green creature with 6 bulbous eyes
scrambles around to the front of my body
It's tube like antennae wobble and flop
as the little young infant snuggles into my chest
and notice another young thing on my shoulder
whose body resembles a stick like insect
And from the ground I feel another one move
slowly and meekly curling around my left leg
where pitted, small eyes apon it's small head
look up at me shyly, fondly with love
Sensing their fear I look all about me
and see a young guy hunting them down
But it is ok I say to the children
as I call forth a protector whose also a mum
The beauty Medusa appears from the dark
baring a great regal head and locks of long snake
where the children I hold now cover their eyes
as I warn the young hunter he'd best do the same
The thing about fear, if its left to continue
will make you imagine and create bigger foes
But sometimes the simplist things we can do
is look at our fears through a differing lense?
Monday, 3 September 2012
80. Life abroad
Filled to the brim with beauty and love
I feel myself float and rise off the ground
I gather momentum and continue to rise
and break through the atmosphere with sonic sound
Within a few seconds I boom once again
and land on a planet of somewhere afar
I'm met by a man who gives me a drink
enabling me to wander about
I see a vast culture of cities and people
going about, their very own day
but I'm also aware as I feel people near
of a slight twinge of darkness, of pain and of fear
I once had a vision to heal my own kin
and fill all of their lives with love and with grace
but it seems that this vision will also extend
to all of our brethren, spread across God's own face....
I feel myself float and rise off the ground
I gather momentum and continue to rise
and break through the atmosphere with sonic sound
Within a few seconds I boom once again
and land on a planet of somewhere afar
I'm met by a man who gives me a drink
enabling me to wander about
I see a vast culture of cities and people
going about, their very own day
but I'm also aware as I feel people near
of a slight twinge of darkness, of pain and of fear
I once had a vision to heal my own kin
and fill all of their lives with love and with grace
but it seems that this vision will also extend
to all of our brethren, spread across God's own face....
Labels:
Atmosphere,
Beauty,
Face of God,
Fear,
Healing,
Love,
Mata o te Ariki,
Matariki,
pain,
Sonic Boom,
Space Travel,
Stratosphere
Saturday, 31 December 2011
39. Watching
Security cameras come to the front of my mind
as my eyes close, settling in for the night
Lenses zoom in and lenses zoom out
watching me unaware that I've noticed you
Up through the lense now can I see
Splitting the camera in two like a cray
It's shell and its legs, all its working parts split
and revealed, there you are in panic and fear
What on earth could posses you to spy apon me
just a simple young fulla on a path of discovery?
But the parts of the camera now fall down around me
like bridges of iron, like knives made of steel?!
This path had its dangers, was fraught from the start
by envisioning fears manifesting the dark
But now people like you are appearing before me
spying and watching, but running when caught?!
Whether curious, stalking, recording or spying
You'll eventually come within plain visible sight
So approach me directly or ask what you will
Or come walk beside me and learn as we go
as my eyes close, settling in for the night
Lenses zoom in and lenses zoom out
watching me unaware that I've noticed you
Up through the lense now can I see
Splitting the camera in two like a cray
It's shell and its legs, all its working parts split
and revealed, there you are in panic and fear
What on earth could posses you to spy apon me
just a simple young fulla on a path of discovery?
But the parts of the camera now fall down around me
like bridges of iron, like knives made of steel?!
This path had its dangers, was fraught from the start
by envisioning fears manifesting the dark
But now people like you are appearing before me
spying and watching, but running when caught?!
Whether curious, stalking, recording or spying
You'll eventually come within plain visible sight
So approach me directly or ask what you will
Or come walk beside me and learn as we go
Labels:
Curiosity,
Fear,
Spying,
Status Quo,
Threat
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