Travelling Hand in Hand

 

Kebab in Gibraltar

Eating kebabs by the Watergate,

Fond memories of when we dined,

Multiple pleasures held in your hand,

Like tasting honey cake and Madeira wine –

But the best thing shared in travelling

Was your hand in mine

 

Honey Cake and Madeira in Madeira

 

 

Padre

2019 Photography Challenge – In Your Hand

 

 

 

 

What Have You Seen?

Ancient Olive Tree, Garden of Gethsemane

 

 

Silent witness of passing time –

Tell us what you’ve seen.

Whose feet have trod above your roots –

Or shaded under your boughs green.

 

Tell of Legions, Crusaders, Arab Merchants –

Passing to and fro –

Tell us of the One who at night prayed there –

A long time ago.

 

Padre

 

 

 

2019 Photography Challenge: A Long time Ago

Hidden In A Garden

Fairy Mound

Flowers upon a fairy mound,

In a walled garden hidden,

A gateway to another world,

To mortal folk – forbidden

 

How simple to hide the door,

Among the blooms so pretty,

In plain sight its wonders plain,

That we miss them is a pity

 

Amid the flowers, the folk of lore,

Every evening they do dance,

But we in our lives that rush,

Dismiss it without a glance

 

Simple blooms, and petals bright,

So often escape our view,

But when we fail to just enjoy,

We miss the wonder too

 

Padre

 

OFMARIAANTONIA: Flower