No time to cry

45/365

Escaped bird attack, 

wing damaged,

but no time to cry.

Resting in sun

after a swing

of nectar-ecstasy. 

Love and duty, hand in hand

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Photography / Model/ Editing Katerina Katerfly

Let gratitude 

circle your every cell

allow love,

accept duty

they go hand in hand.

Grace

43/365

Am sure that meeting her on my way to work

blessed me with extra patience and grace.

Seventy to thirty

42/365

 Even a stone

shows us the way back to God, 

to the source

to yourself 

in the awe of no words

Between rocks

of 70-30 million years old 

Near Osfan village, outside Jeddah.

.

Half moon, knees weak

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Half moon,

weak knees

unusually cool breeze 

an audacious wind

and a cloud settling within me

Offered unrequested help 

countless times, now

her reluctance coupled with annoyance 

when things swapped

scratched my inside...

As I kept walking the darkness

Abrar, Rahaf and Ghufran

circled the swings, 

sing in Arabic

"those who suffer don't understand life".

Just before you leave

...it will come to you

just before you leave

just before you pack your past away

and leave the future to those who own it...

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Extract from Anthony's Anaxagorou poem "It will come to you"

And fly a kite on your wounds

...Love...

 will come to you, 

I am sure of that

and fly a kite on your wounds 

to which you will curl the final tear

around your finger.

38/365 

Open your arms 

and hold your love

as if it were the last branch

reaching out from the side

 of a giant mountain 

and you've been falling 

your whole life.

It will come to you

in the same way it left you,

unexpected

with your shivering heart 

throwing itself to the lightning 

blind 

thunderous 

and mad."

An extract from Anthony's Anaxagorou poem "It will come to you".

You can listen to Anthony reading this poem here:

A poem that takes my breath away

and gives me something lighter back