I am the humming bird
You are the flower
in this perfumed garden of devotional delights
You are the valley
where I am the hills
in this verdant landscape void of boundaries
I am the candle
You are the flame
in the benediction of our sacred shadows
You are the banyan tree
where I am the sun
in these fertile fields of faith and splendor
I am the rain
You are the thirsty earth
in this opulent oasis of delirious desire
You are yin
I am yang
in this delicious dance of divine duality
Copyright © Henri Ferguson 2003
Photograph by Aman Rai
Author notes
Relationships, all that they can be, all that we dream of, and at times strive to actualize. Relatively easy to conceptualize but significantly more challenging to manifest in a meaningful and lasting manner. Yet this and more is entirely possible. If we can conceive it, and we can believe it then we can achieve it. My musings on all that.
Written September 23rd, 2003
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Serenity of soul entwined within the bliss of all that two can share, can truly conquer all things, this I believe whole heartedly. Another truly inspiring and beautiful piece you've written here. The comparisions are such wonderful images, better ones I could not think of myself. sighs
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wow. this is really good. i liked your analogies a lot. very good.
aaron -
Sometimes opposites make a balance. I like this poems soft touch.
Red -
natural, spiritual, sensual
I've come back to this several times to absorb it before commenting, it is at first so simplistic, singular images which can be taken at face value, but then becomes so much more, deeper layers, spiritual, nature, inter-dependency, each stanza a part of a grand design. Like Brian, I am enchanted with the 3rd stanza, but I also love the 5th and last. I just don't get the 'alas' bit, sorry, prob'ly being dull here (blame the lateness of my hours) but why alas, if you care to enlighten this curious soul. I must be missing something really important - I've read your own explanation, and even if it is harder to manifest than conceptualize, I still don't get the alas reference. I do like the alliteration, and this is a quietly understated sensual piece which permeates the senses, and brings a delightful warmth. thank you -
Henri - I have always believed that we all have a soul mate... that we are all incomplete until we find the other half of ourselves (when we find our soul mate, all seems 'right' with the world). I think you did well to pull nature into this poem since we are, after all, a part of nature and the grand design of things. The final stanza is a succinct and poignant exit for this poem.
Excellent work - I enjoyed the sentiment behind your words.
Helen -
The serenely wise musings of an Old Master ...
I agree with the excellent comment made by Brian - sharing discoveries, the poet becomes teacher and learner - so typical of Love.
Good interrelatednesssuggested by this poem. Structured within the trinity of the spiritual three line stanzas, using evocative and alliterating phrases, content and form merged into a divine write.
Thank you, Henri. As always, your work carried me off down a picturesque and winding path, to rest for a while in the valley below.
Love.
Myra -
This emphasizes so well ( and eloquently ) how people can
complement each other within a given relationship...bring
their respective differences which can serve to enrich
and enhance two lives...not always easy no...but definatly
achievable nonetheless ( as you suggest in your additional
comment )....
Some gorgeous lines in this...if I was forced at gunpoint
to choose I'd go with the third stanza...
Excellent write
~ sonia ~ -
oh.. this is wonderful.
Perfect harmony and flow throughout
Each stanza led me on to the end, where I was sorry to stop reading. A truly beautiful and inspiring piece.
do come see me sometime
~Scarlet -
- and one cannot thrive without the other.. I like it when you are thinking, you are a lover of love and beauty and wonder and cool breezes and perfect summer days, a true dreamer that shares his musings with the rest of us.. and we do so enjoy them. And when you dream of it, you can close your eyes and its there. What magic it is.
~ becky
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Oh yea... yum :-)
Beautiful expressions of how two can be so entertwined, how we rely on each other... almost has a cause and effect kind of feel to it.
I love this line;
"in this opulent oasis of delirious desire " yum yum
Lovely work, always enjoy reading you,
~ Wendy -
When one can compliment the other, when one's energies can combine with another's energies and the result, an Intensity of one another's energies rather than a draining of them, this.....this is a good relationship..This, then, is meant to be....
Sarah aka rhiannon 11 -
the mountain cannot be a mountain
if it werent for the valley below
xo -
I loved the opening line..the hummingbird and the flower..I pictured a rose of sharon..I tend to agree strongly with your thoughts. It may take time. It may bring more frustrastion than imaginable along the way.. But it is the desire, the striving, the believing that can make it happen. It is in the knowing. Listening to one's heart, settling the noise. Waiting for the answer. Waiting for the right time. And loving someone, no matter their feelings, is it's own reward. There is a strong sense of satisfaction and completion in realizing how deeply your heart can love someone.
L
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Excellent! Delightful poem!
I Loved This!!! You have conceived of, believed in and achieved a most pleasing picture of complementary co-existence. Yin and Yang together produce all that comes to be.
Maureen
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the art of pedagogy - you teach while you learn - duality, the soul speaks yet listens - intent on understanding self and another - spiritual indeed, "the benediction of our sacred shadows" - I love that line (I love the whole piece) but that line just sticks in my mind - fantastic work Henri ~ Brian
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love the balance you speak of...to find such, is special indeed.:)
love and light,
T -
This has been a day of feeling my heart break again... All the things you describe here, the wonders of symbiotic relationships. As wonderful as it is..and the truth of what you so perfectly composed, sometimes... the timing is NOT right...and the end is a necessary part of going on.
Though your words are written with finesse... they touch that ache so deep inside of me.
Hugs..
Mary Ann -
Haven't read you before: I think I may have been missing something good. I love the 'alas' especially. The poem is almost nineteenth-century in its phallic symbolism. Enjoyed the imagery but enjoyed the ambiguous message as well. The alliteration may be a tad oversalty for my taste ... or maybe not. One I'll come back to, definitely.
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