Melancholy
Buoyed by day
Slipping into
Doldrums
Deliberating
Present filled
Future genie
Mementos gleaming
Particles of light
Fall upon me
Waking me
From a dream
With love

Melancholy
Buoyed by day
Slipping into
Doldrums
Deliberating
Present filled
Future genie
Mementos gleaming
Particles of light
Fall upon me
Waking me
From a dream
With love

A lemon tree
Shape new branches
Think of me
She and I
Sit and stare
At the brightness
The weight lifts
Off our shoulders
Heart lightness
Sweetness overload
Wipes away smiles
All seriousness
Bitter afterbite
As it leaves
Tears salty dry
Giddy tequila
Hypnotised
Beg to taste
Every day

Marmalade
Passionate Paddington
Making more always
Meanwhile Winnie
Puts up with
Hunger pains
Risk stinging swarm
Feeling all forlorn
Climbing trees
All day long
No substitute
Real honey
For love

While all else falls
Outside and around
Here with you
Perfectly true
Through your eyes
The world
And all its forms
Looks beautiful
How to see through
Into you
Forevermore?

Ethereal
Floating in darkness
Missing already
Another moment passes
Two shades of light
Is all that falls
Within the lines
All else is naught
Gaze surpasses
Image in sight
Only sees face
Smiling bright
Sitting in ghostly
Shapes tuck closely
In viewing rooms
Surrounded by you
Cornered by want
Titles reveal
Reflections haunt
Time to steal
Empty spaces
Under glass
Echoing words
Of the past
Clutching at
Elegant moments
Awe and delight
In full view
Feeling blue

Feeling undeserving
All the good
Fought and won
Home run
Wishing to believe
All the nights
Laughter and love
Across the distance
Waiting inspiration
Just for a change
Biding my time
Just Being
One
With love



No trace remains
Future sightings
All in the mind
Leave the past
Behind
Is it easier
As time passes
To say
Goodbye?
Imagine
If one could hold
Her whole world
In her hand
Though small
Only so many
Treasures
Keep reaching out
Finding gold

What lies inside?
Mysteries unrevealed
A bit of snuff?
Who has they key?
Locked behind glass
Curious enough?
Return each time
To stare at the space
The mark of divine
Dwelling emptiness within
Shiny delights
To sit perfectly
Attend to thoughts
Of another time
Trinkets of mine
Held by hands
Erased
Potence of wealth
Abstain
With love

Allport Museum Collection State Library of Tasmania