Poetry

Island Dreaming

Through the large window

I watch the Southern ocean

As it hugs the dark green

Ocean songs sweep into shore

And lovers dance on the reef

Limb to limb on flowery dunes

There is thunder in the sea

And love ignites where

Stars and sunlight meet

In the loveliness of a jewelled

And warm lagoon

The water’s soft caress

Washes foolishness away

Now, I See

In the steep melody

I close my heavy eyes

Reflecting on affection

I misplaced a time

Torn heart-beats of tympani

Violins rattle my spiritedness

With a harp-like presence

Strumming my scars

From the empty window frame

Tears drop and can’t be seen

A viewless outside world

Searching through the air

The dead wattle tree

Was meaningless to me

Then Lazarus-like regrew

And in a tuneful wind

Blossoms sprinkled like confetti