The Lost World

Posted on March 1, 2022 by aperture

Open your eyes to a new world
Where life is created
The DNA of love
For millions of lifetimes
Travel over to where
We long to see, touch
Observe extinct species
Marvel at primitive instincts
A dangerous love
Born of experimentation
Nativity of reason
Extracted from mosquito
A far fetched dream
Comes to fruition
Playing with fire
Hiding in caves
Best leave this world
To the realm 
Of fantastical intentions
If tempted to return
To its arms
Just remember how 
Jurassic park ended

All the colours run

Posted on February 28, 2022 by aperture

Come meet me by
The oyster bay pine
In search of lights
Swimming in the ocean
Brushing over skin
Like an eagle manta ray
Soaking in the sand
Across the bay

Spotted

Posted on February 28, 2022 by aperture

I saw a Forty Spotted
Pardalote today
She was perched
Undercover
Sheltered from
The rain
She was chirpy
Twittering to
A nesting mate
While I watched
The handsome exchange
From the other side
Of the window pane
Such excitement 
One feels 
No matter how long
The encounter
A rare bird is she
Whom we hardly ever
Lay eyes upon
But long to see
Indefinitely

Imagine

Posted on February 27, 2022 by aperture

*Customs Hotel from Parliament Lawns, lutruwita / Tasmania*.

It's too easy to imagine
If all the stars fell
Out of the sky
Dark nights
Would be warmed by
Street lights

Into the starlit darkness
She treads carefully 
By the fireside
Flame flickers 
In her eyes shining
Until dreams take over
Healing sore bones
Until birdsong breaks
Through her thoughts
Each morning

From now on

Posted on February 23, 2022 by aperture

We won't hide ourselves
From the light
Love's anthem plays
All through the night

Just to be

Posted on February 23, 2022 by aperture

Slip back into this
Young person
No longer little ones
Walking sleeping
Puppies
Big ones
Greetings by
The cadence of feet
Percussive 
Keeping us all moving
To the same beat
Just to be
Long moments
With each of us

Floating stars

Posted on February 22, 2022 by aperture

Keeping us connected
Look upon lights 
Reflecting in darkness
Near or far
Distance oblivious
Those who stare 
Thinking of loved ones
Long away, lost or near
Floating stars
Bring us together
Words crossing over
Tapping on shoulder
No less wondrous
Than the real thing
Eyes our lens
To capture it
Store away for decades
No dust to spoil
Image of beauty
Free to circumnavigate
Our world filled
Existence
To revelate
Eons of thinkers
Dreamers, ideas
Come to fruition
Suspended in space

Just a little bit

Posted on February 19, 2022 by aperture

Why we apply to our persons
These analogies of nature
As I pluck the expired flowers
And spotted leaves
In the midday sun
In my pyjamas 
Don't they produce
With time sun rain
The most delicious 
Rosehip tea?
But I comply with
Expectations 
To make the neighbourhood
Beauty increase
With bright blooms
Swaying on the warm breeze
For people to remark upon
Or else consider
Their most natural state
Caused by neglect
When we glance at things
Both consider the seed
From whence it came
Somewhere like loving hands
Or soles of feet
A birds belly
We gaze upon living things
Nourishment from above
Though call the source
Different things
All knowing we each
Desire respect and love

What love does

Posted on February 16, 2022 by aperture

Making mountains out of trenches
Growing roots connecting
Healing broken paths empty
Life abounding arising
Remaking returning
Unleashing spores free
To be born again

Sweetness

Posted on February 14, 2022 by aperture

In the sweet bye and bye
Everyday entreat
Hourly mystique
Receive a gentle word
You heard last week
The call of song
Echoing through trees
Tiny drops of dew
Swaying on leaves
Neither force of nature
Or crowd to please
Could take away
The sweetness of being
Here in the present
Surrounded by good things
Inspired by the love
Of good friends
Like a butterfly sanctuary
Remembering how to keep
Love safe and free
Keeping her memory
With me