No sooner bloomed than fallen

The soft and playful petals

Lie contrast, on the charcoal stone

Premature to human eye

A zenith passed too soon

For mind of man seeks solace

In what endures in form the most

But nature’s love can last a single

Beat of yellow heart upturned

Then, like the memory of fine wine

Enjoyed with friends of heart

And eyes kind full of love

Writes itself, unafraid, into eternity.

©Stephen Tanham 2024

All photos taken and processed on an iPhone 12 ProMax.

Stephen Tanham is a writer-photographer and mystical teacher. He is the founding Director of the Silent Eye, which offers a monthly Zoom-based gathering of companions, each one on their own, unique journey to the deeper states of them-selves.

There is no charge to attend these meetings.

Guidance will be provided to each person joining the group in the form of conversation, questions and answers. In this way, understanding and companionship are deepened in a caring and sharing environment.

There is an optional extension of this work in the form of monthly studies into the nature and facets of our personalities, how to examine them and the finding of the keys of spiritual return in each of the jewel’s facets.

There are two blog streams:

http://www.thesilenteye.co.uk

(mystically-oriented writing)

and

http://www.suningemini.blog

(general interest, poetry, humour and travel)

Contact: STEVETEMEQ@gmail.com.