In the heat
Of a moment
Hope melts away
Things you'll say
But wind changes
Devastated face
You hid one minute
Stays with you
Hours weeks decades
Hold a space
On the brink of
Knowing dreams fade
Saving face
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Category Archives: Australia
Stand by you
Accusations done
Unrequited love lives on
Another year gone
Ache
Shall we start again?
Each time we meet
Let it be
As if the first
Bathe in my love
Wash over with words
Eyes caress
Where waves meet
Warmth soothes
All the ache
We've ever known
Footnotes
Begging for footnotes in the story of your life
Tolerate it ~ song by Taylor Swift
From little things…
Golden rays of sunshine
Glimmer on bouncing curls
Corduroy overalls
Bright red buttons
Boots dancing
On edge of pond
Squeals, little fists
Giggling at ducks and geese
Almost as big as me
I pick her up
Plonk on my knee
Give her gentle squeeze
Soft tummy quivers
With laughter and ease
I lay out my palm
Little fists uncurl within
A nest for soft duckling
She looks up suddenly
Bright blue eyes
Brows raised
Little hands wipe
Tears from my face
Small arms stretch
Around my neck
My inner child
Soothes me today
Longer days
How could one possibly
Be taught to scorn
Longer days
When sunshine's warm
Rare endemic flora unfolds
Windows of blue sky
Open over able peaks
Shrines in the sky
Faithful wanderers
Climb for the high
While dark corners
Cinema, pub, theatre
Empty except for me
Wonder how it came to be
Nocturnal creature
Tucked away
While restless legs
Search far away
Home is where
Burrow keeps
Drifting heart
Returns to sleep
Words cascading
If I couldn't write
To the one I love
All the words
Spill over
Into tears
Every night
Waiting on Cromwell
A poignant memory
Portioned away
Inside the brain
Slice of savoured
Black forest cake
Waiting on Cromwell
Opposite gaudy tower
Sandstone and steel
Cross to bear
If you will
Wandering feet
If message came first
Plans cancelled early
Take you towards
Riverside jetty
Words never spoken
Multiplied over years
Compound interest
Wealth of affection
Hovers in the air
True nature
To the unassuming hills
We may be how we please
For they judge us sparingly
For our actions
To the flowers and tall trees
Only sting comes from the bees
Who sacrifice themselves
To teach our lesson
To the sky and raging sea
We may shout and curse free
But to woman, man and child
Reveal true nature
Love like
A fountain
Drawing up from within
Pressure shouts
To the sky
Cascades fly
Cleansed by daylight
Casting spectrums
Onlookers' mouths
Open wide
Glittering delight
Only to fall
To murky depths below
Awaiting next flight
Count the stars of heaven 