Heaven

Posted on February 16, 2023 by aperture

I see you
Close my eyes to dream
Count the stars

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*

Hidden figures

Posted on January 18, 2023 by aperture

I'll be your mountain 
You be my sea
For all onlookers 
We are divided
On the beaches
But really
I fall 
At your feet

O Christmas Tree

Posted on December 26, 2022 by aperture

Hello my ancient friend
May I place yet another
Hand on your leg?
Will you spill all secrets
In this brief meeting?
How you thrived 
Thousands of adoring
Visitors while growing
Silently, unnoticed 
Our footsteps heralded
By birdsong
We celebrate the girth
Of your waist
While post-luncheon
Walkers remark on
New year's resolutions 
Aimed at winding back
Time and growth 
Of their appearance
It must seem
Very primitive thinking
To such a wise one
Of your worth

*The Octopus Tree on kunanyi, Mt Wellington Tasmania*

Nature therapy

Posted on December 20, 2022 by aperture

If the push pull
Of love seems tough
Remember how to keep 
Your heart tender

Recall the one lost
Push back her hair
Hold her cheek
Listen to her speak

Let her words seep
Into the cracks 
Unkempt skin
Grown thick

Only to peel away
Layers of regret
Reveal a fine form
Of kind understanding