Brief Moments To Imagine

Dear diary...

 

living twilight years within brightness

of new days is all I need. But oh!

To wander once again down adjacent

lanes to coastal cliff tops, then along

sandy beaches would be so great...

where coolness of fresh sea air takes

my breath away.

 

Located on rocky plateau colours

would rise, bursting with energy,

cheerfully clambering Lizard's

precipice – flowers of:

Cornish Heath,

Magenta Hottentot Fig:

companions of White Sea Campion,

gazing out over ocean along with me

in salty summer's breeze.

 

I vision in my youth watching swiftness

of gulls carried across waves that hold

their own, hearing tales of winds that

whip ships of Lysardh rocks with such

unpredictable strength, so unrelenting;

yet when calm a kindred spirit lies.

 

But! Surrendering to thrill of travel

is now a battle I find hard to overcome,

weight of danger bores down more now

my youth is done. The seeds of doubt

have been sown, no appetite have I

to getaway...escaping pattern of routine

that nourishes confidence, a system

formula fostering care and attention

to discouraged mind:

 

repetition may seem tedious to some,

but moving through difficult missions;

is like climbing mountains when I'm

out of condition. Now I'd rather visualize

with creative powers, imagine searching

landscapes in breathtaking splendour;

where those ancient beautiful places

once set me free.

 

 

 

 

Cornish Heath...also known as

Wandering Heath comes from the

Ericaceae family of plants,

native flower to Cornwall.

 

Magenta Hottentot Fig: is a pretty

creeping species, member of

Carpobrotus edulis family of plants,

again found on Cornwall's Southern

Coast.

 

Sea Campion is related to the Carnation

and grows along the edges

of cliff tops in Cornwall.

 

 

Cornish Lysardh is a peninsula of

Southern Cornwall: also known as

The Lizard.

 

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