“Sublime moments refracted,Even if only for seconds,Caught forever in your soul.”
— Scott Hastie
“Ours was such a delicious risk.My being abruptly and altogetherEcstatic and be-stilled.”
— Scott Hastie
“A hallowed frequency withinThat, even in your darkest hour,You can always turn to.”
— Scott Hastie
“The smiles of ancient soulsThat bless this,Our space to live and learnAnd urge us on to shine again…”
— Scott Hastie
“I am just like you,Destined to play my part.And leave,In the nature of my departure at least,Some kind of sweet message behindIn the fathomless pattern I make.”
— Scott Hastie
“I knew such a woman once,She gave me everything.Her love like a soft riot singing,She knew how to shine.”
— Scott Hastie
“Mislaid flame of tender emotionsRekindled.Together we live to the point of tears,I wouldn’t want it any other way.”
— Scott Hastie
“There can be no law of nature, no science,No aberrant infliction of human willThat unchained the soul cannot conquer,Simply sweep away, should it chose to.”
— Scott Hastie
“Sacred space in whichTo distil, like amber,The best of your love.”
— Scott Hastie
“Soothing the exhaustionIn my soul,So I can fall back skyward,Safe in your arms,And survive to dream again.”
— Scott Hastie
“Let us have no guiltLeft to wasteFor dreaming still.”
— Scott Hastie
“On the canvas of life,Every sweep of the brush matters,Counts for something…”
— Scott Hastie
“The gilded spiralOf longings within.Our very own cathedralThat points persistently to heaven.”
— Scott Hastie
“I am sad, like the hot dust on the streetsAnd the music of fresh fallen leavesCaught in a sliding summer breeze.”
— Scott Hastie
“Paradise is no whim.It takes time and trust,You see.”
— Scott Hastie
“The searing light of morningAsks unwelcome questions,Fragile hopes soon blistered by daylight.”
— Scott Hastie
“The light needs only our trustAnd, of course, the darknessTo work its eternal alchemy.”
— Scott Hastie
“Where once there was a void,Now at least there are Seeds of splendour,Becalmed belief for another time.”
— Scott Hastie
“The sea, the sea…Man alone,Passive, unawareIn his elemental sadness.”
— Scott Hastie
“In this life at least,Our fate is rarely epic.Maybe just as well,Impervious heroes we are not…”
— Scott Hastie
“A permanent pathThat, once illuminated,Goes ever onward – a way home…”
— Scott Hastie
“How stubborn life is,It clings like silver in our souls.”
— Scott Hastie
“Once spun,The silken thread of all our aspirationsRemains intact,It can never be broken.”
— Scott Hastie
“Be as audaciousAs you wish.By all means look to the heavens.”
— Scott Hastie
“Nothing that truly mattersCan ever evaporate,Be excised,Burnt out of your soul.”
— Scott Hastie
“We too can repair our cracks with goldAnd glow again.Crazed by life,More beautiful than ever before.”
— Scott Hastie
“Sense howEven the smooth stones acheWith stories of their ownIn the shuddering light of day.”
— Scott Hastie
“Everyday can be extraordinaryAnd ripe,Like a flower burst,If the will is there.”
— Scott Hastie
“When in love or inspired,An eternal kiss from the divineAwaits us all.”
— Scott Hastie
“Ultimately not one amongst usWill ever be denied that,The glimmer of a chance to shine.”
— Scott Hastie