Somewhere over mining country, Western Australia
Fill my heart
with impossible dreams
spin your web, with words
Mesmerise me.
a dawn bird
In response to RDP – Tuesday – Web
Category: poetry
The Sandgroper*
Sand dunes, Pelican Point, Carnarvon
Seduced, I return
time and time again
running my fingers over your pale skin
the attraction, inexplicable
our narrative is linear
you are magnetic
I, a devotee.
In response to RDP Saturday – Charisma
*Given our love for the beach, sandgroper is a nick name for West Australians.
Stars of the Sea
Pebble Beach, Exmouth, Western Australia
I am ordinary
unexceptional, belong to none
lean in and see
I am the stars of the sea
at your feet, within reach,
silky smooth, warm as sun
touch me
a dawn bird
In respon to RDP – Thursday : Pebble
When love conquers all
My body is no longer a safe place
I wake at night, wondering, what else lurks
Hiding, taking hold, infiltrating slyly
So I build a wall, a fortress
I’m good at this, I tell myself
Defender, protector, survivor
This I can do effortlessly
But builders are not soldiers
Not brave, at least, not me
when the enemy is within
So you raise me up to tall
All five feet three, and say,
‘it’ doesn’t know what its up against
unlike you, I’m invincible
But we know in your arms, I am braver
You say softly, come, be braver again
this time, for me.
a dawn bird
In response to Word of the Day Challenge – Gesture
Living with intent
“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” Omar Khayyam
This is one of my favourite quotes. I wake to this philosophy, never more than I am doing right now.
Along the shore where my world glows, in morning light
Sunrise, Jurien Bay, Western Australia
In the forest and scrub, where wild orchids grow, to my delight
Wild orchid, Esperance, Western Australia
In a deserted street with coffee and canopy, where birds sing notes, high and low
Main street, Dongara, Western Australia
At the inlet, tidal dry, where the white heron pauses elegantly
Port Denison, Western Australia
In those moments, I know this life is just a moment, and that moment, was my life.
May you find your moments today, to live your best life.
Until next time, as always
a dawn bird
In response to RDP – Tuesday: Intent
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Somewhere
Somewhere
there are footprints
left by only us
Somewhere
there is silence
where talk is superfluous
Somewhere
there is a beach
elaborate, in simplicity
Somewhere
there is a forest
that breathes for you and me
Somewhere
there are wide open spaces
for a crowd of two
Somewhere
is where,
I’d like to be with you.
a dawn bird
In response to RDP – Thursday : Elaborate
As blue as …
Blue plumbago
As blue as
a moment, alone,
with just the memory of his eyes.
As always,
a dawn bird
In response to July- Blues
Blown Away
Bunbury, Western Australia
Blown Away
Invisible, and strong
the pull
between us
we wrestle
against the futile whim
steadying feet
we ride white water
searching for a foothold,
to the unknown.
a dawn bird
In response to RDP – Saturday : Wind
Nightly
Nightly
A teardrop falls silently
but lands in my heart with a thud
it wakes me from a deep slumber
where I dream happily
in the dark my hands search for you
but the space beside me is empty
there is no curled up warmth
your rhythmic breathing is silenced, by absence
and in that void, my sobs, too loud
As sunlight infuses the darkness
I see the teardrop again
this time, in my garden
it clings, never giving up
the winter rain leaves it untouched
the winds, only make it dance
the teardrop sparkles before me
a diamond, a jewel, a drop of rain
all precious
it gives me what I need
the hope,
I’ll sleep with love again.
a dawn bird
In response to Word of the Day Challenge: Nightly
Dusk
Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia
Dusk
When day’s vibrant energies
meld
into one, into all
a dawn bird
Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia
In response to RDP – Monday : Flow
Ensnared …
She traces the foam
down his spine
he throws his head back
ensnared
she joins him, in laughter
this moment, theirs alone.
a dawn bird
In response to Word of the Day Challenge – Capture
Youth …
Youth
Precious, finite
extravagantly misspent
a golden memory
a dawn bird
In response to Word of the Day Challenge – Youth
Our lips …
Our lips
savour the wine
of nights past
and taste
the discovery, of now
a dawn bird
In response to RDP – Thursday : Discovery
Sputter-free, at last …
Exmouth Gulf, Exmouth, Western Australia
Friends by side
connecting, with lines
he reels in
a dawn bird
In response to RDP – Monday : Sputter
Second time around …
At the core
we are we
bones of past,
sculpted on ours, undeniably
moved, and converted
by choice and circumstance
in synchrony, and by it
we offer and accept
with the bravery of the innocent
much like before, nothing else
just the moment in our hearts,
that lifetime
when,
we say yes, again.
a dawn bird
In response to Word of the Day Challenge – Saturday : Propose
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