You know it’s there,
That’s why you search
For order in the chaos
And though quite blind,
You know you’ll find
Some order in the chaos
You seek out others who can teach
You so that you can reach
Some order in the chaos
When the ground’s uneven beneath your feet,
Keep stumbling, you can’t help but meet
The order in the chaos
It isn’t some elusive … Continue reading the story "Order in the Chaos"Post Archives from the ‘Scott Dunlop’ Category
Order in the Chaos
You know it’s there,
That’s why you search
For order in the chaos
And though quite blind,
You know you’ll find
Some order in the chaos
You seek out others who can teach
You so that you can reach
Some order in the chaos
When the ground’s uneven beneath your feet,
Keep stumbling, you can’t help but meet
The order in the chaos
It isn’t some elusive … Continue reading the story "Order in the Chaos"Things Are Looking Up
Sometimes I am the angry indication of an accidental fire, blanketing the innocents around me.
Sometimes I am a jet stream, a memory of power, of surging to a destination.
Sometimes I am just a wisp, a series of horse tails flicking at the cool outer reaches of the atmosphere, remote.Sometimes I … Continue reading the story "Things Are Looking Up"The Mating Dance
Mating season ended, on a high note.
Settling on a hapless muddle of twigs and ribbons and
Strips of plastic
The pair waited for the delicate tumble of the hope
Of the flock, the big-eyed blind ones, with their gaping
Cawing, ceaseless crying, and the motes
Of song rising above the nest, mother
With her … Continue reading the story "The Mating Dance"Scott Dunlop
Read too much Dr Seuss as a child (and as an adult), and thinks life would be better served by being lived in a series of badly constructed rhyming couplets and plenty of mixed metaphors. He lives in Cape Town, and works in communication, which is ironically not a skill he possesses. His blogging alter ego … Continue reading the story "Scott Dunlop"