Dans la nuit

Posted on June 21, 2023 by aperture

To know 
Without a shadow
of guilt, shame, doubt
though trite it may sound
A flash of mind 
Last seen 6 hours ago

To know 
With all lightness
Inside 
If one green bottle
on the wall should fall
the first would be me

To know
Moving from object
Gazed upon
To glitter, shards, splinters
Dangerous to bare feet
Closer to original form

To remember
squeal of soles
on soft mounds 
covet seabird treasures
safely keep
Waves eternally rise
to greet me

To recall 
Dans la nuit
White caps peeps through
seam of dimness
winter solstice
breathe in out rush
tides and lungs
repeat

Weather with you

Posted on June 11, 2023 by aperture

Some loves are like a sea
salty touch chill to the skin
blissful diving in
on the fringe waves of grief
crash upon disheveled shores
tumbling in weeds
flotsam and jetsam

Some loves are a range
of mountains and hills
traverse through blinding
snow and wind
sudden change 
dappled sun kisses
closed eyes before
hides behind peaks
searching caves within

Some loves are like a cloud
begging me - look up!
enamored by the majesty
of sky mirrored by our
smiles and glances
once dark and stormy sea
takes on new beauty
because of thee

Adrift

Posted on June 6, 2023 by aperture

Adrift
Thunderous crack
On thin ice
Growing smaller
Northward
Until absorbed
By swell
Crashing 
Shelly Beach 
Under feet
Cold kiss
On toes
Never seen

*Lauderdale Rock Beach to Maydena Bay, lutruwita / Tasmania*

High time

Posted on May 28, 2023 by aperture

Stake our claim
In deeper waters
So we may tie
Wavering souls
To solid ground 
Beneath the sea
Evade tidal waves
Collapse into me

Hopeful tide

Posted on May 11, 2023 by aperture

Pressed against freckled
Trunk and limbs
Spreading out holding
Horizon caving in
Concrete walls collide
With rays of fading
Warmth of hopefulness 
Create our own breath
Out and in
Between two bodies
Stem the rising fate
A smile
A glimpse 
A kiss
You win

Sentimental journey

Posted on May 10, 2023 by aperture

Hidden beyond shores
Evading passing glances 
Midden of past lives
Buried under feet

Occasionally arise
A token, memento 
Broken dreams
Surfacing

Shards of memories
Words crescendo
New season flush
Cover soft green

Entwine

Posted on May 2, 2023 by aperture

Tender one tread lightly
Through new landscape 
Sights and wonders
Exhilarating new scents 
Expanding our senses
Golden hour
While sun still shines
Entwine tendril fingers
New season sublime

*Mt Field National Park, lutruwita/ Tasmania ~ the turning of the Fag*us

Lay bare

Posted on May 1, 2023 by aperture

Face framed by darkness
I peer inside 
Bursting open
Safe from the wilds
Weather with you
All through the night
Laying bare 
Come to light

*Mt Field National Park, lutruwita / Tasmania*

Just look up

Posted on April 20, 2023 by aperture

Hear me cry
The sky is free
Rapidly shifting
Illumination 
Without the need
For New Year’s Eve
Or TnT
Just watch closely
You will see
Few steady hands
Can claim it
Laying pigment 
To blank canvas 
Just look up
Its beauty fleeting
Kiss of tears
Fall upon me
Chased by sunny smiles
Her face slips away
Into darkness again
Tender lover
Come back to me

Earth wounds

Posted on April 18, 2023 by aperture

Gaping wide mouth
Where tree roots
Would dig deep
Holding still
As wide limbs above
Each to each
Arms and feet
Lungs of earth

Two years of weaving
Words of healing
For the colossal 
Wound from atom bomb
Dropped without notice
On my front lawn

Wandering hands and minds
Kept still by tracing
Rainbow threads 
Counting stitches
Like memories
Back and forth
In the mind

Still a dream weaver
Handing on silent wishes
In thread form
Head, hands, heart warmers
Binding you to mine
Renovating inside and out
Trading old loves
Possessions for new
Regeneration of seasons
Always changing
Yet standing still

Old growth gums waving
At your window
Since before our kind 
Carved their history
Over mother earth
Tattooed seared
Grazing land
Will one day be swallowed
By roots and leaves
Once again