Dirt, Dust and Sun

In Melbourne town

Things seem clean

Footsteps walk the

Unbroken path

The familiar road

And the heart that lies here

Closing my eyes

I see another place

In it I picture

Orange Dirt,

Dust

And

Sun

I can already smell the bush,

Feel the heat and hear the

Quiet

Something creeps into my mind

My eyes open and I see

The unknown

That lies ahead

“Don’t go” it says

It might be easier

To take a different path

Resist adventure

And stay

Wait for another voice

Resting on your shoulder

Whispers closer

Still

“It’s time”

Anxieties awaken

As such time draws

Near

Landing safely

With exploring eyes

The sun hits as you see

You’re here

Travelling through a world of

No where

The destination soon

Comes closer

Upon arrival

You picture yourself

In a child’s paradise

A peaceful place

Home for the six weeks

In which you have been

Given a task

The weight of that

Privilege

Soon takes hold

You know you

Can do this

And are eager to

Begin

A classroom

Awaits

Through

Children’s grins

Days now have

Truly

Gone by

Disbelief of accomplishing

Such a challenge

Children respond to you

For you

A gift that cannot be bought

A gift you give back

In realisation

That you now see them

For them

The bush is seen in

Their skin

Through their eyes

In their home

The dirt, dust and sun

Was there all 

Along

ADVENTURE WON!

Now back in cold Melbourne town

The warm paradise

Of Pigeon Hole days

Are seen through

Photographic memories

A distant place

Where a piece of my heart

Will always

Belong

Love and All

Tears down my cheek
Don't do you justice
Those tear drops 
Fall into my mouth 
As though 
I'm swallowing pain

I crawl towards the floor
Into my own arms 
Because there is no one else
There

I want to sing and scream 
Your name to 
Allow you 
In

But take a breath 
and wait

For the sun to rise
And direct me
Somewhere closer to 
Your heart

Allowing me to remember
Who you are
And who we are
Even if I cry to 
Miss you

Somewhere you are here
Your presence
Guidance
Friendship 

Love and all 

Your Judgement Eyes

Your judgement eyes peer down

They look upon me

As someone you don’t know

Stare and contemplate myself as though

You know me

But don’t

Your judgement eyes look like slits

Of anger

And of resentment

To what I might have

And you might desire

Without knowing

Your judgement eyes seek truth

Through an unassuming world

Of thoughts that lead

To battles, wars and fights

Without realistic reality

Your judgement eyes only see

What’s in front of them

And not

What is complete

 But of half the situation

Those eyes that judge are blind

Blind to what is real and true to

Who that person is

That you decided

To look upon

But could not and do not

See

I want to write to the world and say...

I want to write to the world and say:

Look at the stars

What do you see?

Mere balls of gas

That are more

Than just to

Be wished upon

That have lived longer

Than you and I

And all our dreams

That live in galaxies

That are bigger than our

Hearts

And what we hope for

That are so far away

As though impossible

To reach

Unlike our goals

Seen through the light

That brightens our path

And where to go

I sometimes can see

A star shooting past

Faster than we can walk

Or run

To get to where we are going

Is our wish to speed up time

To find love

Before those we love

So loneliness

Doesn’t take over

Even though we are surrounded

By stars

We see

And watch

And sometimes wish we could be

So I write to the world again

And say

Look upon the flowers and trees

They have grown from small seeds

They do not live a long life

But live one of freedom and vivid colours to

Simply grow and grow some more

Organically and so

With water and food

And the people that pass them by

As simple as it is

To the world I say

Those stars

Are maybe just too

Far away...