So subtle and simple
Is nature’s design
Who could have fashioned it
Other than an artist divine?
With proportions flawless
And patterns clear
What kind of genius
Are we dealing with here?
There is so much detail
How much time did it take
To fashion a fingerprint
For each snowflake?
As for the sounds
Of nature’s symphony
A better musician
There will never be
Not to mention the smells
And flavours of nature’s cuisine
Surely a better chief
There has never been
The talent is uncanny
And oh so much range
From sea creatures
To land features
From normal to strange
From atoms to planets
Circling their suns
Ponder the depths and perspectives
Of these eternal ones
From the singularity
To the supernova
From the beginning
Till it’s all over
The standard
Has never waned
The methods are only beginning
To be explained
This is an artist
Whose toil must never cease
For life itself
Is this genius’ masterpiece
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Troydon
Troydon Wainwright is a philosopher and Reiki Master based in Cape Town. Born with mild cerebral palsy and dyslexia, Toydon learnt to write as a way to overcome the barriers his dyslexia placed in front of him. “I wrote my way out of dyslexia,” said Troydon, “or at least to the point where reading and writing aren’t a problem anymore.”
During the day he works as an educational facilitator (someone who helps special needs students cope academically and become more independent). At night he dedicates his time to writing. He has won a Nova award for his short story, The Sangoma’s Storm, and been a feature poet at the Off the Wall poetry readings in Cape Town and at Cape Town Central Library. Three of his poems were also included in the anthology Africa’s Best New Poets. He has also been published in the South African Literary journal, New Contrast. One of his Facebook posts, in which he took a stand against racism, has gone viral (http://www.troydonwainwright.com/when-love-went-viral/).
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