Ten Wishes...

                                                            Of
                  Love and compassion to be forever our companions 

                                            till the end of time;
                        Flooding light forever on our path to guide 
                                             us at every turn of 
                                                   our journey;

                               Good wind of peace and well-being, 
                                              bringing us relief 
                                                      each day; 
                                 Lightness of spirit and joy, like a 
                                       whirlwind of  symphonies 
                                             of the most beautiful 
                                                            kind;

                        

 That candles burning in our homes continue to glow in hearty warmth;  

                                                            That 
                                         starry nights continue to             
                            inspire us & nourish our wildest dreams;
                                                     That glimmer 
                                            of hope knocks on every 
                       door at the break of each and every morning;

                                         That happiness of children's 
                 laughter remind us that the best things in life are free;

                                      That hearty laughter of precious 
                 moments we share with others bring us contentment;

                              That kindness of a warm smile exchanged 
 with a stranger on the street, bring us  comfort and a sense of belonging;

                                        ~~Wajia-Patricia Bühl ~~

 

The Night Visitor...

Somewhere between vivid reality and profound sleep, her frail 
body trembled uncontrollably as she broke out in a cold sweat;
Somewhere between sleep and awakening, profound sadness 
gained her wholly, while a film of horror reeled before her very eyes;

Somewhere between darkness and twilight, she felt the taste of her
salted tears, as a vague of weariness overwhelmed her;
Somewhere between the door of consciousness and dusk, a sharp 
echo of sorrow pierced her within, as she listened helplessly to the 
child in her sob;

Somewhere between the emerging new day and the reminder of a 
nightmare, her body wrestled fiercely to rescue herself from the 
determined hold of her night visitor;

Somewhere between awakening and the haunting shadows of a 
distraught night, she struggled to open her eyes as she recalled the 
mysteries of sleep that had revealed her deepest fears,

Somewhere between the reality of morning light and the veiled cloud 
of confusion, she sat upright shaking her head vigorously, in attempt 
to shrug the feeling of dread that clung to her in reminder of the 
phantoms that had danced in her night space;

Somewhere in a faraway land across the oceans, as morning turned 
to bright daylight she swam fearlessly and in graceful strokes, far out 
into the wide sea of a delightful blue, leaving behind her the night 
visitor who was but only the reflection of her very own fears;

Let our dreams be larger than our fears, Man must strive for that......

Wajia-Patricia Bühl