On edge

Twice in one year
I have been spurned
By one I dedicated
All future selves to
I smelled the edge
Stepped backwards
Felt the rush of
Bone breaking waves
Wind on my face
Venture out beyond
Foaming titillating
Swell tickling sand
I always come back
Knowing as deep
As orange roughy sea
Future love waits
For me
Marion Bay, Tasmania

Mind palace

Necessarily, roof fell in
Doors broken down
Used as rustic tables
In the palace of the mind

What once segregated
Now feeds community
In stark inhospitable
Places fringe dwellers

I framed you differently
Than you allowed
Reckoned upon forever
Happiness elusive

Go about our business
Making homecooked life
Ones you might like
Hope someone looks after you

If I can’t hold you
In my arms
Maria Island

Passing joys

Hills are for heartbreaks
Rivers for romance
Beaches bond friendships
Highways hone minds

Live long enough
To go round them all
Thrice

Take passing travellers
Along for the ride

Constant companion
Ones love life lost
Joy the eyes give
Well worth the cost
Maria Island Tasmania

A Spy in the House of Love

Sunset over kunanyi

She was grateful that hypnotised by the sun’s reassuring splendour and the sea’s incurable restlessness, her own nerves did not recoil and spring within her to destroy this moment of repose.

Book by Anais Nin

Mays Beach, Tasmania