The Monkey and the Shrew

Photo: Courtesy of Greepeace

I was the Bull
-
The
Tiger
Too
-
I've been the Monkey
-
And
The
Shrew
-
I was an Elephant
-
Awhile
-
Once
-
A
Crocodile
-
Of
The Nile
-
A Lizard
-
I was sent to be
-
Before
-
A
Wolf
-
That
Wandered
Free
-
The Bear
-
 I was
Not long ago
-
And then
-
A
White Owl
-
In
The
Snow
-
A Whale
-
I've swum
The Seven Seas
-
Been
A bird
-
Amongst the trees
-
All animals
-
Are of one kind
-
All
Brothers
-
That
Includes
Mankind
-
Of course
They hear
-
What I have said
-
You see
-
Their spirits dwell 
-
Still in my head

-

Egal Bohen

This Heaven thing

This
Heaven
Thing

Is it a farce

A bit like that saying

That the grass

Is always greener

On the other side

Or is it
Just
A
Myth

To
Hide

From us the fact
That when we die

That is the end

The
Last
Goodbye

-

Egal Bohen

Feelings

The
Only
Real
Things

In our life

Are
Our
Feelings

-

Egal Bohen

Druid Stones

The stones stand
Like a circle of crones
Far out on the moor

Resembling witches
Short
Hunch backed
With cloaks down to the floor

As if a meeting
Once begun
Was frozen then in Time

They stand there
Silent

In the mist

In
Some
Fantastic
Mime

Forbidding and mysterious
Is one that towers above

One wonders
What it represents

Power?
Law?

Not
Love

No one knows
From whence they came

Nor what they stand there for

But pray their meeting

Now adjourned

Remains
So
Evermore

_

Egal Bohen

Thinking

Thinking
Is
A
Process
-Which enables
Us
ToSee
-
Unshackled
-Stark
-Reality
-From
Which
We all
Do flee
-
Can't
Recognize
Duality
-The thoughts
We
Have
ItSeems
Confuse
-Distress
-But
Nonetheless
-Are not
The
Same
As
Dream
-
Thoughts
Express
What we might
Be
-That
-Which we might
Do
-Where fits
The world
-Where fits
Our
Life
-Bright
Minds
-Shining
Through
-
The
Secret
Is
-Which
I
Have
Found
-
MyThoughts
-If
I
Would
See
Is not to fit them
Where I think
-Their meanings
-First
-Would
Be
-
For they are sometimes garbled
(As oft' they are in code)
-Thoughts
Take a little time it seems
To let
Their colours show
-
And thoughts
Are not the obvious
-We sometimes
Think they are
-They often carry meaning
-In a message
From
Afar
-
Just who you are
And
What you are
-If you are just like me
-Is something
You're not sure of
-But
Something
Flying
Free
-
Looking
For an answer
-Looking
Where to roam
-Seeking
Out your destiny
-To
Find a place
Called
Home
-
So
Thoughts
-Can be confusing
-
Feelings mixed
-The
Route
Unknown
-
Elusive
-
Misinterpreted
-
From
Wild
Places
Grown
-
Yet
Thoughts
Let us explore ourselves
-Discover
What is best
-Positively
-Form
Ideas
-Advance what's good
-Within our minds
-While
Quietly
At
Rest
-
The other hand
-When
Thoughts
Are
Strong
-Perhaps
They should
Just
Settle
-Long
Enough
-
To
Let them set
-Before
We test
Their metal
-
For having thoughts
Is one thing
-Believing them
The next
-Time
Can let the smoke clear
-While
Considering
What's best
-
But
Thinking
Is
Important
-
More time
Of
Ours should fill
-
Thinking
Got us where we are
-
Will take us further still
-
Now
Whether
We
Are
Thinking
Right
-
Well
Thats
Another hill
-
Another hill
That Man
Must climb

To fill his craving thirst
-For thinking around problems
-Imagining
The
Worst
-
We can be sure of one thing
Though
-For the future
That we search
-We will find time
-Wherever
We
Are
-
To
Think
About
It
-
First

-

Egal Bohen

Influence

Use
Your
Influence
On
The
World

-

Egal Bohen

The Poet

THE POET

I shall paint
For you
A
Vision

Within your mind
To
See

A
Vision
Full
Of
Colour
-
Understanding
-
Mystery

I shall paint
Your
Mind
A
Vision
-
In
Words
-
Then
Let it be
-
That every time
You read of it
-
Your
Spirit
May
Be
Free
-

Egal Bohen

Marazion

Marazion
In
The
Sunlight
-
Ochre
Lichen
-
On
Slate
Roofs
-
Saffron
Sands
-
With pebbles
Dusted
-
Fringe
The
Bay
-
The
Waves
Chase
To
-
Island
Mount
-
Carved
From
The
Granite
-
Set apart
-
In
Azure
Blue
-
Clouds
Of
Cotton
-
Passing
Over
-
Herring Gulls
-
Patrolling
Through
-
Up
The
Shore
-
The nets
Lie
Tangled
-
Mixed
With
Seaweed
-
In
A
Line
-
White
Horses
-
Beat
The
Beach
-
Elated
-
Here
I
Sit
-
The
Storm
Abated
-
Heaven
-
Is
-
Not
Hard
To find

-

Egal Bohen

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