There is a natural state
Of justice in this world
Be it chance or fate
Or mere accident
I take my courage to say
Love is everywhere
Yet rare and precious too
A short glimpse of it
Builds bridges over ravines
Calms storms within
Eases rivers of tears
An island haven
Cut off world's worry
For few short months
I had you at arm's length
You had me at yes
Borders came down
Walls came up
Draw a long bow
To wish upon
A future us
I'd have climbed mountains
To know, to hold
If at all
But once...
Of all the treasures
I've ever seen
Wisdom, beauty, truth
Redeemed
Finest gifts
Rarest traits
Trust is bound
Longing waits
The seashells of Tasmania: a comprehensive guide by Simon Grove. 2nd ed. 2019.
Lift the lid on
Colourful opportunism
Take your pick
I chose you
At first glance
Cranberry dreams
Soaked in liqueur
A dollop of cream
From the same maker
We all are and yet
Shelved by label
Aroma drifts
Scented desire
Lifts my mood
Day and night
Yet never to taste
Admire the flavours
On wrists, nape of neck
Dab on lips
A pity to waste
Something so beautiful
Perched high with only
A window view
The salty sea understands
Vast unbounded loneliness
Despite surrounded by
Bountiful land
Fringed with company
Immersed in memories
Exuding calmest thought
Her placid shores
Lap at my feet
Spurring me on
How do I tell her?
Devotion rises
Tide to chin
Sea grass waves
Goodbye
How to live a dream?
Kitchen window spying
Blue gum branches
Conjures fantasies
Surprises
How to love oneself?
Believe there is more
Waiting somewhere
Far away unknown
Renowned
How to make sense?
Words splayed daily
Confusion sets in
Love on the spectrum
Beginnings
Twenty degrees latitude
Below Great Southern Island
Magnitude makes her home
In darkest sky
Nightfall, far from
Fluorescent light haze
She struts across horizon
Skirts lifted she parades
As thousands of admirers
Fill their eyes lenses
With her spectacle
Lady Aurora Nuyina
Ageless beauty adoring
Ancient wise ones
To common modern
Homo sapiens
Green light oxygen collides
Pink and red nitrogen spikes
Blue and purple helium high
Dare not reduce to molecules
Spark ignites romance
Mainlanders hop aboard planes
At the mere chance of
Watching her dance
Aura irresistible
Star signs equinox
Aries rising
Cabaret curtain milky way
Stage mirrors Southern Ocean
Audience adoring humans
Seals and penguins
A light of hope in darkness
Solar flares Earth's life giver
True beauty filled pleasure
Though hibernation blinds
Blue screen haze
Come out one and all
To greet our lady
Of Southern Skies
To fill minds with wonder
Thankful for lights in trees
Just as limbs lose their leaves
Just as workers escape
Through the darkness
Wondering, if not for trees
Would we ever be enlightened?
Count the stars of heaven 