The Senses

Do you hear

The whisper of the moon?

The silent lady

In constant swoon

Do you feel her

gentle call

to those who once

lost it all

Do you see 

Her Silent Plea

To the lost 

To me?

She calls to those

who are broken

Who stand alone

Forsaken

Can you Taste

Her need

To bring them home

In word, in deed?

She calls to the senses

of those who are lost

who gave it all

to their cost

She speaks to the hearts

of those who know pain

Who have sacrificed all

and earned only pain.

To those who 

Can not stay

with those who

have lost their way

She calls to those

whose dared to dream

and felt the joy

before the scream

She calls.. 

But beware

only those who have lost

truly dare

@Shauni

Once I Believed

Once I believed

That there was a place

For someone

like me

Once I believed

That I would

Dream Dreams

Live and Love

Once I believed

That in spite of it all

There was a place

For me

Once...

I believed, I dreamed

I hoped, 

Once..

Once I believed 

That life was grand

That there was joy

That there was hope

Once..

But no more

No more do 

I believe

Too many times

The dreams have been shattered

The heart has been broken

Nothing has mattered

Too many times

Those that said they care

Walked away

Left me alone

Too many times

I sat and cried

For a friend

to stand by my side

Too many times

The battle has been lost

and the victor takes 

the spoils

Leaving me

Alone

Betrayed

lost

@Shauni

Do You See Me?

Do you see me?

Really?

Can you see 

Behind the Mask?

Have you looked

Beyond 

Into who I am

What I dream

Do you hear me?

My Cry

My Voice

My heart?

How can you know me

When you do not see?

You do not listen

You do not feel?

How can you know me

When you can not see

beyond the smile

The laugh

Do you know

My Reality?

My Pain?

My insecurities?

Do you hear 

How loud I cry?

Do you feel

My Pain?

And yet you 

Judge me

Mock me

Betray me

You leave me alone

To fight the world

suffering 

in pain..

Abandoned

Betrayed

Thrown away

Alone.

@Shauni

I am Undone

I stand alone

the night calls, 

The mist is rising

Darkness falls..

As the world ignores

the desperate moan

The demons thrive

I stand alone

Battled and betrayed

Hope all but gone

Bruised and scared

I am undone

Used and abused

for someone's gain

Never minding 

My constant Pain

The battle is raging

The war not won

I stand alone

I am undone

@Shauni

Merry Christmas to All

A Chance of a Lifetime

I know this blog is dedicated to poetry but seriously.. what could be more poetic than a chance of a lifetime
Such an exciting opportunity! My oldest daughter whom for web purposes I refer to as Word Girl has been given the opportunity to spend her summer in Peru. Yes Eight entire weeks discovering the mysteries of the rainforest! She will be traveling with Operation Wallacea




Where she will be PP101 Biodiversity Monitoring in the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve

Research Assistants on this project will be based on the research ship and will need to be prepared for the hot and humid conditions of the Amazonian rainforest. Whilst some respite can be found on the boat where the fan-cooled cabins, showers and food provide a retreat from the tough working conditions, the main reward is the opportunity to see and work with such a huge range of birds and animals, including the larger, and more rare, animals such as pumas, primates and tapirs.

 There is a large team of mainly Peruvian researchers based on the research ship with nine different research programmes running. Research Assistants signing up for the various projects will help on all the projects over the course of their stay. There is a strong research atmosphere on the boat with teams coming and going at all times of day and night on various research tasks.

 Research tasks which require volunteer manpower include:, spotlight surveys for caimans and diet studies of this species (which necessitates capture of the caimans through noosing), transect surveys for the abundant Pink and Grey River Dolphins and an elusive population of manatees at this site, mist netting surveys of the bird communities utilising the forest understory, transect counts of wading birds, point counts of macaws as indicators of forest fruiting, gill net surveys of

fish communities, standardised searching surveys to characterise the amphibian communities, land based transect counts of primates, large mammals and game birds as indicators of levels of exploitation, checking 20 camera traps run at a variety of habitats and depending on water level. In addition to these surveys there are dissertation studies where assistance may also be required - for example assisting with behavioural data observations on the primate species.

After her "official" trip is over she will be stopping in Machu Picchu to explore the ancient ruins..

Does this sound like the most fantastic of trips? Well I am sure it will be.. Of course there are expenses involved and we have started a fund raising push to help her cover those expenses. If anyone is interested in donating.. please click on our donating button.. It will show here in this post as well as on the side.. Thanks for all your support whether it be verbal or financial

Shauni

Happy Thanksgiving!

Get off the computer! and have a Happy Thanksgiving