Poolside Dreaming Ed. 1 of 50

Little vibrations

from your fingertips

create little waves

where the tide rips

the hum pulls at me

with its soft fluttering beat

you continue to strum

and again it takes me

beneath and above

over and under

I can't catch my breath

and it's no wonder

the motion

of this ocean

of emotion

has cut me open

and out it flows

between us both

a raw visceral connection

back and forth

a natural reaction

to the ambient echos

you play on my heartstrings

a kind of love's arrow

and on to tomorrow

another day's dawn

i'm a lost ship at sea

but your tune will call

me back again, back again, back

from the brink

your soundwaves will swell

and before I can think

in a rise and a drop

I'm returned to shore's sand

safe and sound

into the acoustics of your hand

Tess Jetnikoff is an Australian artist, living on Bundjalung Country (Byron Bay).
Renowned for her contemporary fauvist oil paintings, Tess uses palette knives and intensely saturated colours to create dynamic, textured layers. These bold, and contrasting elements powerfully convey the ever-present themes of introspection, grief, acceptance, and female empowerment throughout her work.