Shipboard

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Dreaming of a long, long journey. 

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Shipboard        -       02 Feb 23 

We were ready 

Everything was stowed 

Movement about to begin 

The shipboard lights 

Flickered momentarily 

To indicate the start 

Of the journey 

We were on the way 

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I will not say to where we go. 

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Colour Of Evening

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Slowly fading into black. 

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Colour Of Evening        -        01 Feb 23 

The day was fairly clear 

As evening closed in 

The colour of evening 

Lost definition 

Faded fast into black 

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All colours fade eventually. 

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Today And Tomorrow

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Looking at the options that are or might be. 

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Today And Tomorrow       -       31 Jan 23 

Options 

Viewing the probilities 

Of possible progress 

From today and into 

Tomorrow

Seeing where they 

Might lead 

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All the possible directions. 

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On Wheel

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I have experienced something new. 

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On Wheel        -        30 Jan 23 

I have travelled 

In buses 

In cars 

On various wheeled things 

But never before

To the best of my knowledge 

In a wheel chair

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Convenient but sensitive to every bump. 

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Hands Warm

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Need to get warm. 

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Hands Warm        -       29 Jan 23 

Wondering where to put them 

When I need to warm 

My fingers and hands 

Nowhere seems appropriate 

Or polite 

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Just have to remain uncomfortable and cold. 

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Tasting Night Air

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The flavour of the air is different at other times of day. 

 

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Tasting Night Air        -       28 Jan 23

A certain crispness to 

The night air 

Walking on the heath 

With my mouth open 

Tasting the flavours

And texture of the air 

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An experience to be savoured. 

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Down

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Trying to return to vertically is not always easy. 

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Down       -       27 Jan 23 

Involuntary change 

Of orientation can be painful 

Getting back from down 

Can be more so 

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Personal experience, not to be recommended. 

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Time Play

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In the morning nothing seems real. 

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Time Play        -       25 Jan 23 

Sounds 

Words 

Time 

Changes 

Alters 

Perception 

Play 

Alchemy 

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Nothing is real. 

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Waking Mysteries

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In the night I stir and wonder. 

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Waking Mysteries        -         24 Jan 23 

Who is speaking 

To the wind 

Disturbing the owls 

Keeping me waking 

In the mysteries 

Of night 

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I never know. 

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Questing

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Looking for something I have used before but now cannot be traced no matter where I look. 

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Questing       -        23 Jan 23 

Dropped off the face 

Of the Earth 

Gone without a trace 

I have not given up 

I am still questing 

One day I shall find it 

I hope 

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Life is a little emptier without it. 

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