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An ocean of snow
It’s an ocean of snow
Ripples in the snow are like gentle waves
And amid this ocean of snow
Are standing you and I
Seemingly apart
Seemingly drowning in the white snowy landscape
But we are still standing tall
We have not given up
We are defying the odds
We have faith that spring will return
That the snow will melt
And that we will start our lives over again
February 2021
Covid 2
Covid, covid, you’ve been with us for a year now
That’s a long time
That’s twelve months, 365 days, actually more
Are we used to you?
Somewhat
People can get used to the strangest of things
People can survive years in captivity
What we have with you is nothing like that
Yet we complain
We ask, where did our freedom go?
Where did our fun disappear to?
Why can’t we socialize like we used to?
We still have a lot of freedom though
We can zoom from morning till noon
iChat in the afternoon
Send messages on WhatsApp all day long
We can socialize all we want
Yes, it’s different now
But just imagine what it would be like
If we didn’t have the web?
February 1st, 2021
My new YouTube Chanel
Please visit Lida’s musings on YouTube where I will be reading my poems and sharing how the poem came to be and other things.
The garden
Where should I go for inspiration but to the Beloved?
Where should I turn my face to but to the beauty of the beloved?
Nowhere else is worthy is attention
Nowhere else will delight my heart
When there is a most perfect garden with dizzyingly fragrant flowers
A feast for the eyes and a balm for the soul
Why should I roam in the desert one minute longer?
The map has been drawn
The way has been shown
All that is left is to walk on the path
That leads me to the Beloved
My reading chair
My reading chair
In my reading corner
In my bedroom
Next to the window
Where the sun pours in, in the mornings
My reading chair
A simple Ikea chair
With a footstool
Usually covered with books
Where I do a lot of reading and writing
My reading chair
My oasis
My place of calm
Where I inhale the fragrance
Of other people’s thoughts and feelings
My reading chair
For the last twenty years
And for years to come
Hopefully
January 9th, 2021
Reflections
I just realized I’ve been posting poems on this blog for ten years. How the time flies. I’m grateful to have discovered the gift of writing at this point in my life. It centres me, it nourishes me, it helps me process my thoughts and feelings, and I hope my writings bring joy to those who read them. It is important for all of us to identify what we are passionate about and peruse that and if that passion is in a creative field, even better. The arts are expressions of our souls and as such they will touch the souls of others. I wish you a wonderful year and I hope you will pursue your passion as well.
January 1st, 2021
Complain less
What do you do when you want to go out and there is nowhere to go?
The stores are closed
It’s cold outside
Can’t visit friends
Can’t write in a coffee shop
It feels a little like a prison to me
But it’s also far from a prison’s reality
I feel ashamed to complain
When others spent years in prison and did not complain
I’m complaining about a few days of lockdown
Although I’m still in touch with my friends around the world
Although I can leave the house if I want
Although I’m not being held against my will
So, in reality I have nothing to complain about
We are creatures that seek comfort and ease
We wish to have our way in things
Freedom to go where we want and do what we want is paramount
The emphasis is on me and I
We need to step back and look at the big picture
We need to think about what others need
We need to be of service to humanity
Comfort and ease will pass
What remains is the lessons we’ve learned
The service we’ve rendered
The souls we’ve touched
What remains after we leave this world
Is hopefully our vibrant spirit tried in the trials of life
And purified in the fire of adversity
These are the things I need to remind myself of again and again
Remember the example others have set
And at the very least, complain less
December 27th, 2020
*The prisoners referred to here are people who were in prison because of their Faith, members of the Baha’i community in Iran.
Success
Success is in achieving one’s goals
It’s not living our lives based on what is expected of us
Or what society dictates
The goals we set are meaningful to us
They are usually based on what our talents are
What’s important to us
What we’re passionate about
We don’t have similar goals
We are all different people with different aspirations
I set some goals for myself early in life
Some other goals evolved along the way
I’ve been working towards achieving them
My goals may be unconventional
Unusual and not the norm
But they are my goals
They bring me pleasure
And give my life meaning
I’m learning to be content with my chosen path
December 16th, 2020
Dark clouds
The cold and damp winds of fall are blowing
I feel the cold in my bones
The dark clouds are shedding tears of sorrow
The exuberance of summer is gone
The world seems unfair sometimes
Goodness is not returned with good
Enmity seems to have the upper hand
As a pandemic ravages the world
I still believe in goodness
I think the good will be victorious
Sometimes it doesn’t look like that
But there is more to our lives than what we see
Goodness resides in the heart
It will be with us forever
Goodness perfumes the world
And cheers other people’s hearts
Injustice is like a cold dark night
But this dark night will eventually give way to dawn
Injustice can’t take goodness away
Injustice is due to the absence of love
November 23rd, 2020
Dedicated to the Baha’is of Iran
