Birthday Wish

A wish for grace and serenity (isn't that many of us yearn for)

BIRTHDAY WISH

 

On my birthday let me be as serene

as the seagulls gathering in the sea at Kyani Akti

bobbing in the gentle waves

till one, then others flap their wings soaring to the sky

circling till they return to their lazy languid sea rest.

No hurries no cares no worries.

 

Let me have the wisdom of the nearby river

the winter snows of the lefka ori mountains

melting, feeding into the sea, let the coldness

the strength flow into me

                  

Give me the lushness of Spiros’ garden

palms, fruit trees, banana leafs open to the sky

rhythms of the sunset over Souda Bay

later the rising of the waning moon

 

And make me like the hardy almerikia,

tamarisk trees bending by the sea

sending out salt through their feathery leaves,

providing the gift of shade, of coolness

enduring the harsh dryness,

trees of survival and grace.

Author's Note

Greek expressions again but I think I explained them --