{"id":190626,"date":"2021-08-02T12:00:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T11:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=190626"},"modified":"2021-07-31T05:01:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T04:01:21","slug":"o-buck-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2021\/08\/o-buck-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"O` Buck Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This poem was inspired by the Buck poem. The photo is from outside my home in Durban North, S. A. taken on Monday 26 July 2021 evening. — Usha Roopnarain<\/p><\/div>\n

In your orange light I look at you.
\nSilently drawn to your beauty,
\nUnfolding the auburn light, as the young deer grows his antlers.
\nStop the constant chatter disguised as banter.
\nChase the dark thoughts and become nothing.
\nO` Buck moon
\nGlistening in the dusky night.
\nLet me immerse myself in your beauty.
\nYou look at me, reminding me to embrace simplicity.
\nO`Buck moon
\nGlistening in the dusky night.
\nYou remind me to shed the thoughts of negativity
\nTime to cut the artificialities and pursue positivity.
\nGrow consciousness like the antlers.
\nPotent and designed by God.<\/p>\n

Follow me and you will surely find it.
\nDon\u2019t rely on the material reality.
\nHiding inside and leaning on one`s ego only leads to depravity.
\nLook to me, I\u2019m right here in your vicinity.<\/p>\n

Time to think differently,
\nThere is a possibility that the whole world needs to see me
\nO`Buck moon,
\nGlistening in the dusky night.
\nWe don\u2019t need anger, pride, hate, bitterness or hostility
\nJust to lose all propriety and follow the light.
\n_____________________________________<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/em>Dr Usha Roopnarain \u2013 Former parliamentarian in the National Assembly of South Africa, social activist and passionate about human rights and gender equality.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In your orange light I look at you.
\nSilently drawn to your beauty,
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