Clear Water

I’m standing here contemplating
the cool clear water.
The splash from the pebble
lasted only a second
and the ripples cleared so quickly.

I had thought
your ripples
would last
forever
but
nothing can last forever
and only the clear water will follow me.

In my solitude
I’ll leave no trace at all.

Chaos Theory

On this canvas of my life
it looks as though
butterflies were flapping
their wings and flitting about
at every opportunity
making trouble
having fun
and shaking things up a bit.

I struggle to discern
underlying patterns.
It’s regularities
and irregularities
were left to the butterflies
and their flitting and flapping.
In the end they flapped the clouds away.

So tomorrow I shall paint a new canvas.
On this canvas, I am the butterfly.
I can make the patterns,
the order or disorder.
Others may

make of it what they will.

Cycle

I felt such bright energy flowing
I couldn’t wait to move with it
and be transplanted and reborn
at the time when all of nature
was recreating itself and starting afresh,
I too would feel the new buds open
bursting and shooting into a new life.

I would open up my blowsy petals
and let my heart show through
pulsing,
exuberant,
ready
to turn towards the summer sun,
not believing it would destroy
my bloom,
make my petals fade and fall
when the shock of the new wore off
and the fresh green shoots grew brown,
preparing for the season of wrinkles
which always follows.

I am only one part of nature’s cycle
where nothing will change,
except that summer will have gone,
winter will surely follow fall

and spring will be a long way away.

Lynn White lives in north Wales. Her work is influenced by issues
of social justice and events, places and people she has known or
imagined. She is especially interested in exploring the boundaries of
dream, fantasy and reality. She was shortlisted in the Theatre Cloud
‘War Poetry for Today’ competition and has been nominated for a
Pushcart Prize and a Rhysling Award. Her poetry has appeared in many
publications including: Apogee, Firewords, Capsule Stories, Gyroscope
Review and So It Goes. You can find Lynn at Blogspot and Facebook.

You can find more of Lynn’s work here on Ink Pantry.