Count the stars of heaven

Our stories are more than the sand on the shore

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

Parting ways

Posted on March 1, 2022 by aperture

Light up a highway
Ships built for span
Under bridge
Not the other way
Standing watch
As passers by
Send a lifeline
To the other side
While loved ones
Deliberate
In the silence
Left behind

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

Love like

Posted on February 28, 2022 by aperture

A magic carpet ride
Source lost and found
Some foreign bazaar
Where incense, spice
And turkish delights
Feast your eyes
From afar
Friends call out
From way below
'Get down from there
You'll hurt yourself!'
Then tell them
'I don't care'
For a vision
Laid out in front
Shows me
As far as only
Mine eye
Can see

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

Short and tall

Posted on February 24, 2022 by aperture

How easy to mistake
One thing for another
A heady mix we are
After each to each
A long sitting
To recover my senses
Short and tall
Would either be
A perfect couple
Or comedy duo
As the sweetness
Tickles my sides
The last sip 
Drip of honey edge
Go down like
A dream

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