sun dress

summer hat

will you wear it

slip-slop-slap

with sunscreen

sun protection

from uv rays

rays of sunshine

shining down on you

u are my sunshine

shine down on me

purple balloons in a tangle

day after birthday cake for breakfast

have a cup of tea with that

sit back and relax

i caught it from the sea
unaware, washing me off my feet
the waves pulling, dragging
closer, deeper into trouble

further away from the moon

it was not like i had imagined

shock

that i was a mermaid clinging on to a rock
singing farewell to my love on shore
but there was no one there

absence
did it make your heart grow fonder
wonder where i was
did you miss me
did you have you
had you at all
even a little bit
missed me ?

say what

that is right

in k and pen

that i cannot

to your face

this blank

hitting

wall

...

why can't you

be like everyone else

be normal

be perfect

behave yourself

be good

be pretty

don't slouch

don't slurp

don't scratch

go

be a winner

my favourite time
is night time
when its time to go to bed
this is when everything comes alive
i light the candles
bugs emerge and hover
we want to sing
buzzz...
its not yet midnight
come out and look at the moon
it is full
shhh...
be carefull not to wake the neighbours
i've lost my slipper
does it really matter
no
so leave it till later
a midnight feast
to lay out upon the lawn
for one and many
i count the stars
till i fall asleep
and wake
just in time
to watch the sun rise

winter love

i love the stillness
that comes in winter
the cold wind blowing
in my face
marshmellow sweet happiness
gumboots and rain
home where it is warm
electric blankets
i do love love love

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For my housemate, thank you very much for the electric blanket and doona. You make this winter the happiest and cosiest I have ever had. E

the loss of love

love and loss
will you ever recover
where have you gone
i want to hold you
but cannot
you are not here
i am not there

the nest

at the nest
we roost
our hub
yours and mine
bird watchers
watching passer bys

eye spy

my eye spys a black cat
curled up on blue doona
light washes in
falling down on white queen
shells on the window sill
quiet outside
thinking of how i miss you
quiet inside
hear no thing
eyes to spy
waiting for your car
to come home

confusion

at twenty i still have no idea how to dress
should i or should i not wear jewllery
feel awkward
lost
where do i go
where am i going to
i have no idea

my romantic

me my own romantic
my own romantic self
difting in the world
alone in my bubble
of soft hazy thoughts
dreams of summer days
let them not be far away
slumber under a apple tree
no no do not hurt me
let me dream
let me be
me my own romantic
my own romantic self