Category Archives: Love on the spectrum

A brush with love

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I know now with clarity 
That looking back affords
How beautiful the night
When I wanted to be yours

I know now with certainty 
Chain reaction of emotion 
Catapults my life
Beyond debris of an explosion 

I know now with compassion
The path laid out behind
A shared choice for us
Out of love for our kind

I know with creativity 
The pictures in my mind
Painted with colours of
Courage you helped me find

I know now with confidence
The downpour from above
Came not from vulnerability 
A rare brush with real love
View of kunanyi from Geilston Bay, lutruwita / Tasmania

Fire season

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Barely recovered
Just one glass
Sparked a flame
Wild rampaging 
When you walked
Away

Strangely tended
Just one face
Lingers all night
Soothed, tamed
Falling rains
Stay
Common Brown Heteronympha merope (Fabricus)*

*Butterflies of Tasmania, Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club Inc. 1994.

Vows to an unknown lover

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Here I write
Words we might aspire to
Though we'll likely disappoint each other
But we will try not to
In moments when we realise
Our needs did not come first
We will hold our hurt for a little while
Then allow time and space
For the other to grow
Be nurtured, then return,
If she may.
These vows may increase
Or slowly be erased
Their effect will be life-lasting
But if we find ourselves
Staring at a blank page
We can write new vows
Afresh with hope or
Fold it lovingly
Into a sleek airplane
and send it on its way

In my mind

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In my mind 
We meet secretly
On the hidden stairwell
In the evening 
Where I can hold
A hug for longer
Evading prying glance

In my mind 
We go everywhere
On the hidden trail
In the wilderness
Where I can hold
A breath for longer
Exaling view entranced

To be alone
With you
In my mind
Little Howrah Beach, Hobart Tasmania

Poised

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Downy white hairs 
Kissing your cheek
Lines hugging face
Curves cling to waist

My eyes wrap round
Your whole being
Love who you are
In every possible way

A painter poised
Dips nib on palette
Tenderly caresses
Curves and shades

From whispers
To grand gestures
Silence fills blank space
What's left unsaid

Presence like a guest 
Stepping backwards
Canvas a kaleidoscope
Never erased