Green eyes

Seeing green
Is necessary
For healthy mind
Forest bathing
Sublime

Wandering through
Hapless lives
How many times
Listening in
Expecting
Indifference
Disinterest

Instead
Twist of pain
Sharp sides
Insecurities denied

How I longed
To rest alongside
Ever wondering
Are they happier
Without me?

So many unknowns
Least of all
Knowing eyes
Green or blue?

Depending
Whether
Looking
At you

Finding words

Far fetched
Flung
Elusive
Elaborate

Clearly fading
Truth evading
Tell strangers
In their thousands

All but one
Can live happily
This old love
With peace

Precious holding
Delicate dandelions
In the wind

Seeds travel
To far off lands
Letting go

Empty hands
Hold open
Wondering
Where you go

Do you take
Words with you
Let them grow?

The special two

The special two
Who walk idly
Along the beach
In their imagination

Smiling at passersby
Holding hands
Greeting fellow
Furry four-leg friends

A woman's worth
Measured in beats
Of our hearts
Glad to be alive

She spies her love
Like a sweet secret
A jar of pear drops
Hidden entreat

Seeking waterfalls
Watching them spill
Away to sea
Feelings cascade
Endlessly
Portait by Lily Allport – Artists of Tasmania, Allport Museum and Art Gallery, State Library of Tasmania.

Crimson kiss

Would I be amiss
To ask you
As the rain
Washes through
Opening again
Until the summer
Scorches us
We hide away
Missing crimson
Pea flower
At Christmas
Kennedia prostrata, (Running postman) – Native flowers of Tasmania. Maria Isl.

A woman’s worth

As hours expire 
Gazing window view
Love of labour retire
Labour of love renew

Little surprises find
As a couple appeal
Acknowledge fine hands
That made our meal

Return home to kiss
Heads upward bent
Work to prepare
A meal among friends

A satisfied look
Falls on tired faces
Giving love and life
Into all open spaces

The one who mistook

Their wife for a hat
A child for a cat
A lover for a bat
A friend for a mat

Sensibilities
Surrounded by
Seratonin
Someday fades

Why not instead
See streets of gold
Homes of gingerbread
Chocolate rivers

Smooth sailing comes
When you find your crew
Will you take me
As I am?

*The Man who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, a book by Oliver Sacks.
Sandy Bay, lutruwita/ Tasmania, Australia