Words escape upon the wind Tucked indoors Eyes peer through panes Battered by seering rain All her fears surge Down storm drain Journey to join anxious seas Hurts float like sediment Drift kelp forest freed
Ocean view, bare gum Arms outstretched to glimpse of sun Stripped of leaves, bark and shoots Holding on by ancient roots Hollow nests for threatened birds When nature speaks revealing words
Humble nature's power grows Shelter for the lonely ones When sun returns and moon is clear Nestle in the stillness here For poignant day when tempest beats A friend or foe one cannot meet Rest in folds of downy fields Tiny wings aflight will heal
Going to the show alone One might consider The loneliest thing In the world One, however, might learn To love being merely one In a crowd When the onscreen drama Is far from one's own
I recall the day we met Years ago now, so it feels Weather and tide playing havoc Eve of Christmas eve Standing on the dunes Marvelling at turbulent sea Behind, you seemed Calm, steady and sure Wind whipped sand in eddies Stole my breath away
Eyes wide at postcard scene I found myself in awe Suddenly bold and lighter To skip down to waveline Play like a child once more Stealing glances on shore As kite surfers skimmed Pushing sea spray to wind I close my eyes and feel The warmth of summer again
She, opens eyes wide at sunrise To deliberate Life, loves, lies On tip of tongue Softened by toast and hot tea To protect buried memories To defend all she has left
She, sheds a tear at moonrise Orb of light illuminates her face Soft folds of downy fields Hair tickles her ears Winds whisper incantations Flowing across river Searching for her lover Believing only in peace Laid buried beneath her feet
In my feet pounding pavement Hips swaying to music Waves crashing in ears Sun beating Rhythm in my solar plexis Salty sting of tears Glitter on the water - In your eyes - Evokes a feeling One cannot contain Boundless sea I feel you
There was a story of Two loves One a great surveyor of landscapes Who beheld the ocean and firmament Over tea, toast and morning paper But obscured from mountain view
The other a lover of all things nautical Who beheld gondwanan mountain From a glimpse of kitchen window Ridgelines ridden by mountain bikers From the bedroom
Each obscured from the one thing they loved So it was between them too
Count the stars of heaven 