kathryn lyster

because why not you are a different kind of grace    jasmine flower on window sill   balmy spring night  the smell of tea leaves wilting in a pot buzz of tiny moths to a single bedside light  dust on frames  mirror undone meaning eyes-shut blind. kathryn lyster

Almost i danced with you in my dreams through clouds over planets mingled with electric stars so close we could touch them. kathryn lyster

adore thank you cherish + love you immeasurably your text made me cry your words fell like hail across my screen your emojis zinged off walls with rainbows purple hearts you’re a person in my life who gets it. kathryn lyster  

This morning i saw the Dove  nestled in coastal  foliage black collar with  white spots cooing  as if table mountain  was just behind us  & not the mashed sprung Sea speeding to Infinity.

Activate  Slip under gently  To syrup lullaby  Friday burn out  The week with  Candles go easy Say yes to The blessing cloud. kathryn lyster

first jasmine hold your breath see what happens dive deep this is how you make me feel. kathryn lyster

Bigness Sometimes sunglasses for a whole day filter the world if only they were rose coloured. kathryn lyster

the best back when you were here we sat on the roof looking at the harbour of yachts bright things brimming night stars falling writing long-distance with you is better than almost anything. kathryn lyster

Green Deep banksia faces palm fingers blackbutt burnout maiden hair fern carpet sunken tide reeling out flathead shadows rocks corroding lightning strike gum rustle high wind goddess breath on my skin. kathryn lyster

humans what a trip waking up in these warm bodies. kathryn lyster

green growing things throw your vines around me wrap ankles & wrists take me to your forest queen i will gladly go. kathryn lyster

pathos the World is Weighty do you knoW What i mean? kathryn lyster

beach clean  stop using styrofoam commit to your keepcup i dare you. kathryn lyster

prayer I want so much simplicity can I just ask for that sound of a river giant old oak daily  stretch of grace. kathryn lyster

i know you whip of smoke through eucalypt branches hello old friend what are the chances. kathryn lyster

Loving Lines in earth etched by time eroding soil cracked boulders animal tracks stories swirls of a snake in desert sand remember the shapes on our planet that pre-date us stand in awe of all this majesty do your best to uphold her kathryn lyster

grey heron startled into flight by dogs chasing spirit rabbits over dunes   weekend quietly arriving delivered by lazy waves against rocks   yellow wattle puffs dance above waxflower bursts coral gumblossom just birthing from silent seeds sun slicing footprints on sand  wind dips drips warm nectar  endless mercury glare across shallow cliff pools emerald moss thread long hot run fall to water arms spread wide fingers through turquoise surprise jellycrystal saltwater blue abyss heaven waterfall of bouncing daisies white petal eyelashes […]

windows  open onto gold-streaked trees white hot light blinding casting out mind shadows cleansing panic stripping time back bare essentials sunlight on fresh linen new day kind of feeling. kathryn lyster

the feeling of invisible if a woman stands on the shore letting waves rush up knees she’s either having a brilliant day / very very bad one i was having both at the same time foam sucking my shins i fell under a spell ocean horizon let salt water lick pressure off me. kathryn lyster

Bodies we are all strange diverse storied stop trying to be so normal for just one second. kathryn lyster

Illness the one i've suffered most is Love, the small bodily lust-fuelled kind if i settle sit still decide who i am once & for all will big Love find me under an apple tree? kathryn lyster

sovereign we must stand up for goodness for nature for people don’t let the machine eradicate your kindness. kathryn lyster  

simple things i can walk barefoot to the beach from my front door don't know why this matters but it does. kathryn lyster  

meditate can you sit your mind in your body where it belongs instead of wobbling over the past / just put it in your toes imagine it in your hips be the skeleton you actually are allow yourself to have bones. kathryn lyster

drop Your suitcases on the grass in a patch of sun flick them open let socks books t-shirts flop out expose it all to further investigation by the elements let ladybugs + snails crawl over your baggage Surrender it to dew + frost. kathryn lyster

Not from here two crimson rosellas preening touching beaks kissing Cape Town doves calling in the background Reminding me of pink clouds The other part of me that is African those soft-calling birds they do it Every time pull me across oceans To gardens colours mountains and Faces my body never forgets are missing. kathryn lyster