Possibilities

Possibilities

exist

initially

in the imagination

Realities

are born

traditionally

through hard work

When hard work

combines

with creativity

imagination comes to life

            and then

Reality                                                           

incorporates                                       

possibilities                                         

© Peter Bean

On That Night

(Womadelaide)

The accent was smooth

The music touched a chord

   albeit different to normal

The crowd expectant

   swayed & danced

The rain did not hamper

   or dampen the mood

The world drew closer

   as cultures intermingled

The drive home

    joyful and fulfilled

 

© Peter Bean

3.23am

The sounds of the night

   never cease to fascinate

The murmur of the fridge

    before the sudden shuddering

    a prelude to silence

What sounds like a giant frog

    gulping air, I presume, is

    expansion & compression of pipes.

Occasionally, the acceleration

    of a car or larger vehicle

    making its way to who knows where

As I listen now

    there is a hum

Is it the earth rotating

    on its axis, or just

    the accumulation

of varying noises

    coalescing from the suburbs?

Beyond the sounds

   there is a stillness

   waiting to be heard

Will my mind release

   the competing thoughts

   so silence may descend?

And when it does,

    can I sit in stillness

    or will the sounds

    of my life infiltrate

                        again?

© Peter Bean