With Pride In My Eyes

A journey commenced from the nucleus of love

A divine union of seminal beauty

Nurtured by guidance unwavering

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"Love your mother, earth and matriarch

Be gentle with yourself, for the

Universe is within you" .... Or so Fanny Says

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The colours blaze in the reflection

Just as the kaleidoscope of a Moleskine

Catalogue of journals, juxtaposed yet seperate and blended by the eye

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Each a representation of intention

Make it unique, plan ahead, sketch and write

Freestyle. Each pigment a chapter distinctive

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Vermillion - The tale of bloodshed and in the wake of it grief

I am bereft

Tangerine - In between with its bright and juicy fruit

Stimulating and quenching of thirst

Saffron - Sun and golden light

Brighten my days from the distant dark night

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My life painted in code, framed in wooded wonder

Resonates starkly in opposition or indifference

Each chapter a story unto its own

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The lush Emerald - evergreen, giver of life

Nutrients, cellular streaming

The dreaming. Home for creatures and breath

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Saphire sea - Be with me and gift the sky its blue

Swathe my body in your waves and envelop me with

Every atmospheric loss of hue

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Indigo - Intuit me.

I trust in the lapis treasures of your trusted counsel

A Violet transcendental being made of the metaphysical embrace.

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A path coursed through nature, then industry but returning to culture and

The Cobalt Blue of the myriad marine

I sit here in my rightful place at the top of this mountain very comfortably

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Learning from my communities

With Pride - This is my tribe

By M J Hanly 16th May 2021