TANZANIAN Safari POETRY Continued (9): Poems 15 and 16 (of 16)
Poems 15 and 16 provide closure to my Tanzanian travels—reveal their legacy and an after-trip evaluation of sorts. (Please don’t forget to check out the other Tanzania Safari Poetry blog posts before and after this one.) Next, I’ll share the lessons of Kilimanjaro, which, I believe, helped prepare me for the Florence Biennale experience!
15. From JRO to YYZ
It wasn’t paradise
But it was very nice
To feel, do, see without a care
In the moment
Just to be there
Coming home, not as fun
Things have changed
Inspiration won
No more half-measures
New ideas as treasures
Different perspective
More reflective
Attitude of mind
No longer to be left behind
Taking chances out of reach before
Fresh possibilities
Wide open door
Wanting more
Needing less
Pushing harder
Evaporating stress
What matters
Finding happiness
Goals simplified
Reality intensified.
16. Trip Evaluation
Missed what was in front
When looking behind
Missed what was within
When looking without
Regrouping, regathering
Soaping up and lathering
Coming home’s been a process
Messages mixed
Needing to be fixed
Coming home’s been a rebirth
Opportunities to do not as before
Paving the way for a whole lot more
Magic in the moment
Risk ahead of reason
Adventure needs to live
So much to give
Magic in the moment
Life is short
If we don’t do it soon
Chance is we never will
Staying with the feeling of the climb
Not wanting to run out of time
Need to make it to the top again
No matter when
No more struggle
No more muddle
Some know how
Others know now
Never want to say
I knew then
Power of doing
No more brewing
Living each new day
In a special way
Recognizing what’s good
The important understood.
