Come out

Posted on December 24, 2024 by aperture

In the lee of Summer Solstice 
Tell oneself to breathe
In and out repeatedly 
No more holding on
To each one
The days are ticking down again
Walk abreast the self-assured waves
Kissing sun on white speckled canvas
Laid bare for once
Turn around 
People multiply in the wake
Rubbery tops of jelly fish
Bounce off finger tips
Salty drink for skin
Slips soft around 
Tender clefts of limbs
Hopefully loved
Sun kiss, towel hug
Me and my own company 
Thinking upon 
Just once
The one presiding over
The bay upon balcony 
Head dipped in serenity 
Some adventure in there
Waiting to come out

*Hinsby beach on Christmas Eve, Taroona Tasmania*

13th candle

Posted on December 22, 2024 by aperture

Burned through 
At least a dozen
On pure desire
Till none to light another 
Not even at midnight 
On Summer Solstice 
Of all the gifts
I poured out
My heart slipped into one
Sleep, not skinny dipping
I, my faithful lover

Gentle art

Posted on December 19, 2024 by aperture

You were always there
Not waiting in the wings
But wearing them

Spectator of my test match
Now long over
Rained out

We're waiting for new ground
The gentle art
Of watching grass grow

Someone

Posted on December 12, 2024 by aperture

Every adventurer
Long absent wanderer
Climbs karst summits
Ride across Americas
Walk entire length of it
Eventually desires
Someone to come home to

We found a cave

Posted on December 8, 2024 by aperture

Respect before love
As finding a cave
Acknowledging 
The ancients

Love afore respect
A sinkhole lake
Delivering
The unmaking

*Trowutta Arch, Takayna / Tarkine Tasmania*

Letting go

Posted on December 8, 2024 by aperture

All the pretty shiny
People I collected
Never do well as 
A trophy on the shelf
Letting go the fragile
Outer homes we grew
While tossed about 
Turbulent ocean 
Desist the breaking tide
Bay of quiet captures
Wide eyed ones
Hoping to close them
For a while

Ascribe greatness

Posted on December 4, 2024 by aperture

The world contained
Some useful frames
For understanding 
Evolution 

A deep scientific wariness
Of ascribing human emotions 
To other species

More than one whale biologist 
Believe these species 
Feel love more
Than humans

- quote from 'Why are we like this: an evolutionary search for life's big answers' by Zoe Kean, New South, 2024.

Fossils at Sticks and Stones, Shells and Bones, Stanley Tasmania

The journey to being

Posted on November 25, 2024 by aperture

Wanton attention
Deprives one of pride
Dignity a tiny blossom
Expecting spring gale
To deflower her

The unmaking of tolerable
Rewriting scripts that
Never left the wastebasket
Fine tuning lyrics
To write my heart song to

We were always wanting
On the journey to being seen

In your own time

Posted on November 18, 2024 by aperture

Poured out like an offering
Waterfall, infinity pool
In the alpine summit
Of glacial paced healing
From losing all held dear
That and more
Saying goodbye took time
Through thousands of moments
Admired over and over
Letting go means allowing
Rapids take you forward 
Knowing you have the strength
To stay afloat
Survive another capsize
Walk away into the wilderness 
Once more

Ask me again

Posted on November 10, 2024 by aperture

Won't you?
Life no longer
Violet crumble 
In my hands
If only
Sweet honeycomb
Chocolate mess
Ask me over
After work
Take the ticket 
To the show
Now state walls
Not a giant mask
Anymore
Storm blows over
World conjures another 
Ask me again 
For someone to hold