I rise to greet the day on condor wings
Half asleep and half awake
Amidst the fluttering veil
Of Amazonian dreams
I turn to gaze across the landscape past
Part hidden and part revealed
Beneath the carpeted green
Of expeditions trod
I see the cairn where stones of love were placed
Some jagged and some smooth
Upon the meandering trail
Of intertwining fates
I hear the echoed tale of lost and found
With strangers and with new friends
Upon the unexpected flight
Of misadventures led
I feel the shadow of missed paths and tasks
Not taken and not fulfilled
Among the refracted maze
Of industrious grind
I touch the shape of memories crafted
On islands and on mountains
Within the squares of power
And sun spirals of art
I turn to gaze at the stretched horizon
Part misty and part defined
Beyond the boundaries mapped
Of predetermined ends
I rise to greet the year on thermal winds
Half afraid and half inspired
Above the flickering flames
Of unquenchable hope
Wayne Visser © 2017
Book
Life in Transit: Favourite Travel & Tribute Poems
This creative collection, now in its 2nd edition, brings together travel and tribute poems by Wayne Visser. The anthology pays tribute to the likes of Nelson Mandela, Maya Angelou, Barack Obama, Antoni Gaudí & Leonardo da Vinci, and reflects on travels ranging from China and South Africa to Ecuador and Russia. Life is lived in the in-between / In transit / Between coming and going / Between staying and moving on / Between here and there / And what we call home / What we call settled or contented / Is merely a resting place / A station for refuelling / A nexus for reconnecting / A junction for changing direction. Buy the paper book / Buy the e-book.
