My teacher is in town
She taught me as a child
Thirty years following on
I showed her my new home
When I was ten
And she loomed large
This day would have been
A lifetime away
And here we are
And this is now
Lifetimes away
From being ten
Tag Sydney
Opera House
Limerick of Sydney
We left our home in the country
To settle in the city of Sydney
My face got burnt
My lesson was learnt
So never went back to the sea
Don’t Move!
One knows inherently
When one hears the words
“Just sit still
Don’t move”
That one needs to
Move very quickly
From where one is sitting
Because just a few minutes ago
I heard those very words
Spoken to an unsuspecting me
When a Huntsman nearly
Landed from the ceiling
Onto my head!
Fragile
Flowers offered in peace
To do what flowers do best
Offering comfort
Offering relief
But none is taken
None is found
Because there is no balm
When three young hearts
Farewell their mother
And parents lose their son
New week’s morning transformed into a
Lifetime of mourning
Flowerscape
Landscape of flowers
Presenting a bright sea to
A nation in tears
Summer Night
Walking home and all I see
Are glitters and sparkles and fairy lights
Greeting me as I pass them by
I take a minute to greet them back
Feeling happy, feeling glad
That I have the freedom to go on my way
Walking home at night after a summer’s day
Half Mast Flags
Why do we have bridges?
To connect
To separate
To transport
To display to the world
The sorrow a city would feel
When one of its own are slain
Three Deaths
In my adopted city
While I slept
Lives were taken
Liberty stolen
Sydneysiders enter a world
Where coffee at a chocolate cafe
Could take your life away
Condolences to all involved
Reindeers and Hostages
Unknowing reindeer
Light up suburbia
Glow with lights unrefined
While not too far away
Lights go out in a chocolate cafe
Hostages held captive
Hope to see another day
Thoughts be to those involved
And to family of same
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