Count the stars of heaven

Our stories are more than the sand on the shore

Heaven

Posted on February 16, 2023 by aperture

I see you
Close my eyes to dream
Count the stars

Don’t panic

Posted on February 15, 2023 by aperture

Poetry
A kind of torture
By Vogons

Entrancement

Posted on February 14, 2023 by aperture

Ever revealing dream
To hold in my arms
Sweetness of the maker
In her peaceful slumber 
She is irresistible 
Smiles willingly 
At my entrancement
Holds tightly to
Newborn revelation 
My gift to nurture 
Upon waking, momentarily
Snuff out feeble flame
Hopes and aspirations 
Borne out of longing 
Loneliness deprivation 
Old growth affection
Survives years unknown 
Wild rampaging fires
Simply to fall, hollow 
All on its own
To graciously make way
For new life

All the ways

Posted on February 11, 2023 by aperture

I want to know you
All the ways you're beautiful 
From the inside out

Me before you

Posted on February 10, 2023 by aperture

Jill of all trades
Lifesaver, dawn breaker
Pool pacer
Hearth watcher
Ball catcher
Friend to hidden
Worlds unknown
Just debator
Navigator
Peacemaker
Unveil hidden
Latent potential
Me first
Then you

Set free

Posted on February 5, 2023 by aperture

There's no greater grief
Than the love that was never
Allowed to be freed

A brush with love

Posted on February 4, 2023 by aperture

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

Posted on February 3, 2023 by aperture

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.

Sunday bonny Sunday

Posted on February 2, 2023 by aperture

She worships the sea
Sacred rituals on
Tepid tide 
Sunday mornings
While I hide
Under cover
Worshipping
Its maker for
The very heart
Of her

*View from Maria Island, lutruwita / Tasmania*

Ariel’s keep

Posted on January 29, 2023 by aperture

Only time can elucidate
The depth of blue
Storms dissipate 
Pulling confused debris
Out to sea
Endless treasures beneath
Though not a coin
Exchanged
No ill-gotten gain
Wilderness reserve
Sustained our futures' sake
Fables, myths and legends
Barely touch the surface
Canon of heartfelt
Love in its place
Delivered in waves
Washed ashore 
Upon fate's call
We might meet 
In this place
First, dip the toe
Wade to rocky outcrop
Float to surface
Let the affect
Carry you away
A bond ever-giving
Calling me to stay