Home work June 2021 'Old Memories'
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2021 3:57 pm
A Marriage of ideas - the prompts were leading me one way - my mind the other
Old Memories
By glowing coals he’s resting near, he dreams the dreams of yesteryear
and near forgotten memories of youth, come back to him once more.
As pages from life’s book unfold come stories waiting to be told,
with visions of old Sydney town, and how things used to be before.
The harbour waters clear and clean the way it had once always been,
when bathed in sunshine on those warm and sunny days he used to know.
For city life back then had seemed the kind of life he’d always dreamed
and yet he threw it all away to seek adventure long ago.
He wandered all across this land from southern chill to desert sand,
a winter wrap up when down south then felt the searing heat out west.
He saw it all throughout the years and shared the love and shed some tears,
but never really put down roots, the rambling life had suited best.
Perhaps one day he’d settle down retiring back in Sydney town,
but found it hard to leave behind the freedom that he found outback.
It touched his heart as all could see – this was the place he wished to be
and cast a spell that saw him still addicted to the dusty track.
He stirs at last the daydream ends yet thinking still of long lost friends,
then views the starry sky and sees a vision of perfection there.
It’s time to then unroll his swag below a brooding Rocky Crag,
perhaps to dream again of mates and of the life they used to share.
©T. E. Piggott
Old Memories
By glowing coals he’s resting near, he dreams the dreams of yesteryear
and near forgotten memories of youth, come back to him once more.
As pages from life’s book unfold come stories waiting to be told,
with visions of old Sydney town, and how things used to be before.
The harbour waters clear and clean the way it had once always been,
when bathed in sunshine on those warm and sunny days he used to know.
For city life back then had seemed the kind of life he’d always dreamed
and yet he threw it all away to seek adventure long ago.
He wandered all across this land from southern chill to desert sand,
a winter wrap up when down south then felt the searing heat out west.
He saw it all throughout the years and shared the love and shed some tears,
but never really put down roots, the rambling life had suited best.
Perhaps one day he’d settle down retiring back in Sydney town,
but found it hard to leave behind the freedom that he found outback.
It touched his heart as all could see – this was the place he wished to be
and cast a spell that saw him still addicted to the dusty track.
He stirs at last the daydream ends yet thinking still of long lost friends,
then views the starry sky and sees a vision of perfection there.
It’s time to then unroll his swag below a brooding Rocky Crag,
perhaps to dream again of mates and of the life they used to share.
©T. E. Piggott