What does a promise look like?
I think it looks something like:
sunshine emerging from clouds;
the sudden blue of a clearing horizon, reminding us…
Everything is lined with gold.
Even clouds that we feared
might not depart;
recede to reveal the light.
What does a promise feel like?
An unexpected smile
dissolving a dark countenance.
A hug that relays what words cannot.
For love is always set in hope,
like gems inlaid in stone.
Love resolves to trust in the new day;
and the promise of the coming dawn.
Ana Lisa de Jong
31 Dec 2016
Happy New Year!
E huri to aroaro ki te ra,
tukuna to ataarangi
ki muri I a koe
Turn and face the sun
and let your shadow
fall behind you.
Living Tree Poetry 