C & K

Citrus Party

Afternoon party
Orange and Lemon Arbour
Flowing happiness
Squeezing, shooting orange juice
Expressions full of lemon

Inhibitions forgotten
Floating in the saltwater
A seagull dives close

Washed up on the sand
rolling around like a whale
white skin fluorescent

Lifting a lazy leg to wave
Passersby think you’re odd
Shells and sand all over

You roll back into the sea
the seagull dives for your togs
boobs bobbing just below

A hint of flesh
beads moving like waves
Sandalwood

Soft jazz music
Whiskey and smoke dreams
seductive beauty

In a secret coral location, the cephalopod intelligence committee meets every month on Wednesday at 7 pm sharp.

On the agenda, this month is a spy who infiltrated a group of elite Squid, a terrorist octopus, and an uprising and subsequent bleaching of coral.

dusting off the hurt
washing away the sadness
drying salty tears
you, a quiet resilience
walking with courage and love

Alone in the desert. In the darkness, I knew you had passed.

Whispers of what was never said and echoes of what could have been.

When you died, I felt terrible sorrow.

You always wanted me to be, not to be what I am and what I must be.

Now they are only words.

Colourful coral
the tentacle of a playful octopus
Colourful fish

What once was love

Bleached coral
The absence of octopuses
Bloated fish

What love now remains

In the sea of love and loss
where perceptions alter understanding
we laugh and cry underwater