Homework October 2023 'EUCALYPTUS on my mind'
Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2023 11:58 pm
EUCALYPTUS on my mind
I sit here now so far away - another place another day,
yet memories so precious still, will always touch my heart.
With visions of our camps and you and thinking of the life we knew.
when that contentment found out there had touched us from the start.
How can I now explain those days or of the peaceful outback ways
and what that country meant to us throughout the years ahead
The solitude had suited us, so restful too and free of fuss,
just Val and I now free to roam wherever fancy led.
The shanty town by then long gone, just ghosts remain the rest moved on
and though those days and times were past some magic still survived.
We’d feel it by the fire each night while bathed in cooling starlit light,
as creatures of the night would sing once darkness had arrived
A true oasis all agree then arid far as you can see,
yet once inside that sheltered place a whole new world awaits.
Here groves of Gimlet offered shade, a place the good lord surely made,
with River Gums where creeks run underground as need dictates.
Small breakaways there overlook, a scene right from a picture book
and though there’s man made changes too, the beauty still remains.
With green along old waterways where water runs but never stays,
but leaves a bud or two as passing gifts from recent rains.
So here I sit with thoughts anew and dream of here, but mostly you
and knowing now that chances such as this are rare to find.
You only get one chance I’m told, there’s no repeats, you must be bold
and grasp it when it comes, before your dreams are left behind.
© T.E. Piggott
I sit here now so far away - another place another day,
yet memories so precious still, will always touch my heart.
With visions of our camps and you and thinking of the life we knew.
when that contentment found out there had touched us from the start.
How can I now explain those days or of the peaceful outback ways
and what that country meant to us throughout the years ahead
The solitude had suited us, so restful too and free of fuss,
just Val and I now free to roam wherever fancy led.
The shanty town by then long gone, just ghosts remain the rest moved on
and though those days and times were past some magic still survived.
We’d feel it by the fire each night while bathed in cooling starlit light,
as creatures of the night would sing once darkness had arrived
A true oasis all agree then arid far as you can see,
yet once inside that sheltered place a whole new world awaits.
Here groves of Gimlet offered shade, a place the good lord surely made,
with River Gums where creeks run underground as need dictates.
Small breakaways there overlook, a scene right from a picture book
and though there’s man made changes too, the beauty still remains.
With green along old waterways where water runs but never stays,
but leaves a bud or two as passing gifts from recent rains.
So here I sit with thoughts anew and dream of here, but mostly you
and knowing now that chances such as this are rare to find.
You only get one chance I’m told, there’s no repeats, you must be bold
and grasp it when it comes, before your dreams are left behind.
© T.E. Piggott