What Memories Will You Leave Behind ?

WHAT MEMORIES WILL YOU LEAVE BEHIND?

Life is full of memories – momentous and miserable. Memories are a part of our history. They can shape us or scar us. They can paralyze us or propel us forward. We build on them, we imprint on them.

Here is a question – do we want to erect mausoleums or build a movement that is always gathering momentum. Not static; not stuck in “‘em glory days”, but moving where God’s hand guides us.

For this old wineskins will not do. It has been shaped and aged by things that no longer have use or relevance.New ways of doing things for a new season need new methods.I need to have my ear to the ground – what is the Spirit saying? Where is the wind blowing? Do I recognize the season I am in?

I cannot harp on old memories and build monuments in my heart and mind around it. Worse still would be if it affects my actions.

I have heard that the ‘next generation ideas come from the next generation’. There is a lot of truth in that. Yet, I do not have to be left behind. If I can adapt, stay tuned to what God is doing I can be a part of the movement and not the old memories.

We all have the choice. That is what I am pondering today. I want to leave a legacy where I have left memories that live on, as they are the cogs on which the wheels of momentum turn.

Navaz DCruz

Inertia

INERTIA

Caught in the sinking sand of inertia

Threatening to drown my dreams
Feeling paralysed
Feet stuck in mud
Eyes dulled to the vision
That is deep inside of me

Heavy feet
Stop the soar
Into higher skies
Preventing passion to roar
Like a blazing fire inside
A heart full of unspoken words
That have seeds of life
That could kill this inertia
That's choking on the inside

Then I lift my gaze
Toward the heavens
And see the ones gone before
A great cloud of cheerers
Egging me to run a little more
As I look at eternity past
I see what is to come
So I  break free from all that hinders
To run to the last

I tell myself
Dream a little longer
Keep up the good fight of faith
There is so much to be done
There is history to be made
A legacy to create
For  generations to come
So I break away from those fetters
And  to myself I say
Inertia shall not have its way.

Navaz D’Cruz 
June 2017

Flame of the forest

FLAME OF THE FOREST

Blazing sun

Oppressive heat

Scorching everything in it's wake

Creation groans

With dry boughs bent low

Yearning, longing for rain

Then suddenly comes 

Splashes of color

Flames of fire

Like torches on a tree

Signaling to the clouds

Come break out

Send showers upon me

Flame of the forest

Vibrant in hue

Like a silver lining

In dark grey clouds

Lighting up the dreary sky.

Navaz D’Cruz

April 2017

Through the lense of a friend | Desert Rose

Dessert Rose
Photo credit Lasya Vyakaranam

DESERT ROSE

Born in tough terrain 

You adapt and learn to live

In harsh heat

Storing in you what it takes to survive

In all that struggle

To stay alive

You still have beauty

Stored up deep inside

Then one day

You surprise

The whole wide world

As you burst into bloom

A dessert Rose

The scorching sun

Could not scar you

It could not stop

What you were ment to be

You burst out

Defying everything

Such beauty  speaking of Hope

Making my heart glad

Delightful dessert Rose.

Navaz D'Cruz 

April 2017

Through the lense of a friend | What you tolerate dominates

                                             Photo credit : Padma Vyakaranam

WHAT YOU TOLERATE DOMINATES

Rack and ruin is what I see

A web of roots engulfing

A place that once was a home

A place of security, safety

Now overcome by

What should never have been

A telling tale of it's history

It's said you can't stop

The crow fly over your head

But you can sure stop it

From building a nest

It's the little foxes

That ruin the vine

These warnings we have heard

Time after Time

 What happened here

Why the neglect?

Did no one see

The little seed take root?

What seemed innocent

Grew silently

Spreading it's ugly tentacles

Over the facade

That tiny seed

Tolerated that day

Has come to dominate

Has come to stay

Choking life out of everything

Rack and ruin laid bare

For all to see.

Navaz D'Cruz

Through the lense of a friend | Mangroves

MANGROVES

Mangled, mysterious

You stand alone

Facing the swells of the sea

Gnarled roots and branches

Speak of stories untold.

Not dainty in form

Yet a beautiful life giver

Breathing out sustainence for all

And with each passing tide

You will continue to be

Sinking your roots even deeper.

Navaz D'Cruz 

Photo Credit - Padma Vyakaranam

Through the lens of a friend | Moonlight Musings

Photo Credit - Padma Vyakaranam . Taken on Havelock Island, The Andamans

On a still dark night

You silently shine your light

Down on shimmering waters

Your silver beams

Creating reflections that gleam

Like gold and silver strings upon the sea

Beauty of the night

You bring light

Into darkness

Making it bearable

As we gaze into

Your serene cool countenance

How the Gentle breeze

Helps moon beams create

Amazing patterns of artistry

As you dance upon

Your watery canvas

You leave us enraptured

Staring into the distance

Quietly taking it all in.

Navaz D'Cruz Feb 2017

Padma thank you for  allowing me to put pen to you pictures. Its a privilege.