Caught in the storm

Lured from tree house
Hiding places
Secure warm
From tiny throne

Leading loyal ones
To the next home
Caught in a storm
Taken down
As one

She is queen
Her word is won
Workers lives
Depend upon

Sudden storm
Mass extinction
Regret moving
Even mentioned

For one that brings
Our hearts attention
This day such loss
Is worth a mention
Hive with no queen, Cressy Tasmania – Image credit Paul Purton, used with permission.

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.