An orchid
Waiting all my life
To even know 
Such a one exists
Enamoured at the thought
Pouring over photos
Secret places found
Trek through vast lands
Just to find one
For myself 
Waiting long months
While dormant
Biding time 
Admiring fungi
No comparison 
She awakes in spring
If the mind is a-flurry
They are invisible to
The hurried eye
Take time, walk slowly
Just breathe
In the moment
Discover pure delight 

Ana verse a year 
Of one though never
Bequeathed, so dear
A bond held fast
Beyond scorned raft
To swim divide
Fair life flash by
Mortal time
Tempest season
To reach her shore
Aloft all reason
Bare feet upon
Some hallowed ground
Where cries dissolve 
To bird's falsetto
Her treasured smile
My own heart's echo

To one loved though never lost

Invincible
Words escape me
Blown on breeze
Pollinating
Immunity to melancholy 
Long winter isolation 
Emerge golden gleam
Years in the making
Season to glean
Nourish rise roots
Stems and leaves
From patient seed
To humble mead 

It happens
Sometimes we allow
Ourself the indulgence 
Of falling in love
Quickly, easily
Uncomplicated 
No expectation of return
Just to watch
All trouble melt away
Dreams parade in the mind
Grief itself begins to fade
A new life emerges

With every passing rain
Colours wash away
Memories of you
Only shoots and leaves
Left of words you spoke
To me

No matter how positive 
Try as we might
A plant can't grow
Under dim street light

No matter how hopeful
Change is in the air
One never wins
If the game isn't fair

In the quiet moments
When thoughts freely roam
Past cherished memories
To future unknown

How I adore the ESB
I'd waited so long
to gaze upon thee
In stealth she stoops
to branch so low
to peer and weigh
my motives to see.
Just what a little rarity
her sweet waistcoat
her golden sleeves.
She makes a fine point
elegant beak
sharpening along her seat.
I stalked upon her hiding tree
Felt remorse for privacy
Dare admire another?
Turn my cheek?
She'd surely
Grow weary and flee
Dearest one
come back to me

Sushi with blueberries
By the beach
Smashed avo on sourdough
With cashews and tea
Cornflakes with cream
Stories and dreams

The love that I gave
May be set free once again
To come back to me