O, STAY AWHILE (Satis Shroff)

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(Schluchsee, where Nature reigns. Hope it won't turn touristy as Titisee.)

O, STAY AWHILE (Satis Shroff)

Verweile doch, du bist so schön
O, stay awhile, you’re so beautiful,
Said Goethe.
And take a lyrical walk
To reactivate your inner life,
And stimulate your thalamus.
The wind blows over all and sundry.

You listen to the natural movement water
Flowing in a streamlet.
You feel the softness of the mild sun
Caressing your cheeks.
Clouds moving across languidly in the sky.

Nature is a colourful sight,
Gives us joy when we get the blues.
Bestows us scenes with sensory impressions.
Listen to the chirping of Nature’s minstrels.

Streams and rivulets are everywhere.
The ceaselessly flowing water sound
Is converted to bio-electric energy impulses,
By your sensory organs
You are awed by the gold-vermillion of the dying sun.

O, stay awhile
With charming Mother Nature,
For an hour and observe details.
Dead leaves are dancing in the air.
Wander slowly along the stream you’ve chosen.
It promotes flow
Of your cerebral-spinal-fluid,
From your brain to the spine,
And helps nerve cells in the brain.
The peaks and meadows over Oberied have snow already.
And the longing for the songs of Spring grows.

O, stay awhile
And enjoy your lyrical walk,
To gather energy for the next day.
Two storks have decided to stay and bear the cold winter;
Too old to fly with the flock to the warm south.

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A WALK WITH THE SENSES (Satis Shroff)

I found myself in the idyllic forest lake,
And experienced the return of slowness.
I walked through the forest
With its tall pine and decidious trees,
Clad in colours of Autumn.

A walk in the woods brought me my balance.
I felt the power of the whispering stones,
As I went barefeet in the stream.
I heard the wind-harps cooing melodies.

The walk was akin to a meditation:
Mother Nature and me.
A place where you saw, smelt, tasted, touched and heard
The sounds of the forest,
With your senses.

I crossed the bridge and felt,
The lightness of being within me.
A place of encouragement spurs you on,
To overcome the difficult tasks in life,
And endows you with more self-consciousness.

The fountain with the dragon-head
Symbolizes the feeling of freshness
Of pure water.
The good in water is it's useful to all said Laotse.
The wind harps say:
O, move not,
Let the wind speak.
And listen to my soft, magical sounds.

I sit down and enjoy
The tranquillity of the forest.
And discern only the stream
As it warbles and flows
Incessantly by.

(C) satisshroff