Why

I don’t know

why..

birds migrate

and rivers run

dry..

why fate unfolds

like a story

told..

of rising high;

falling

low

rising high..

I don’t know

why.

Poem & Artwork © Mairi McLean

Moving On

Places

and faces

have gone..

tears shed

have left no trace;

no sign..

time

bled away..

it led us

onwards..

moving on.

Poem & Artwork © Mairi McLean

Home Within

A refuge..

where tensions dissolve

truth is spoken

and conflict

resolves..

where wounds heal

harmony returns

and the soul

reveals..

hearth and heart

are akin..

I’m home

within.

Excerpt: Poems from the Universe:

Poem & Artwork ©Mairi McLean

Charade

Oh… the charade

of humanity;

the treachery

hubris

all that is..

can we feel

are we alive..

will our hearts break

enough

to survive.

Excerpt: Poems from the Universe:

Poem & Artwork © Mairi McLean

Something Beautiful

A shaft of light;

the flash

of belief..

forgiving insight;

a falling

leaf..

benevolent toil;

the butterfly’s

wing..

a merciful smile;

all fragile

things.

Poem & Artwork © Mairi McLean

Solace

Light

fades;

hidden

from view..

this world’s

parade

of pain

keeps passing

through..

can

we find

some lasting

solace

here..

and start

anew.

Poem & Artwork © Mairi McLean