FRANCIS NII | Supported by the South Pacific Strategic Solutions Writing Fellowship
I am still bed ridden. Fortunately my work station is custom-made with wheels so it is now beside my bed where I can do whatever I have to do. I sent my last article from my bed and so this poem. It looks very odd here in the ward but the nurses and doctors are very understanding, which gives me the flexibility and a bit of freedom do my writing and my Simbu Children Foundation work....
With dreams abound
Man embarks on life’s flight
He stumbles and scrambles
In this blind journey
Driven by ego or circumstances
For survival or fame
Man toils and fights
In this blind journey
As sun sets and rises
One dream fades, another rises
Keeping man chasing the wind
In this blind journey
As time’s wheel keeps spinning
Just dreams and more dreams
Despair and disillusions abound
Yet the blind journey continues
Till man’s strength grows grey
And his breath ceases,
Only then peace avail
Only then destiny at last
Nebare, please keep on writing those beautiful stories and these lovely poems.
I hope to visit you next month, I wasn't able to catch at the SCF ball at Xmas, as you know there was too much happening. Waipunio!
Posted by: Mathias Kin | 16 January 2013 at 03:24 PM
Francis, more great words from you. My wife is a Chimbu meri, and we think of you regularly.
Keep your spirits up.
Contact me on john.bennett.jcb@gmail.com
Posted by: John Bennett | 26 December 2012 at 09:57 AM
Wonderful poem, Francis.
I admire your positive outlook in the face of all your medical problems. Your spirit soars on the wings of eagles.
As I grow old and can no longer run, and spend my Christmas with people who can hardly walk, I am reminded of the wonderful passage from Isaiah 40 -
"Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
"He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
"Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
"But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with winges as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk , and not be faint."
Posted by: Mrs Barbara Short | 26 December 2012 at 07:29 AM