thus far

somewhere in the middle of coogee and bondi, 2007
“everything is ..  crazy”.

amidst the dark rain clouds filled with turmoil, the clash of ideals banging and clanging like thunder, you stand, firm. i get swept away by the loud shiny objects and the pitter patter of raindrops that seem to spontaneously fall from the ocean blue sky. i do sometimes check to see how far the little driftwood has bobbed away from the shoreline, but then i forget and carry on my own merry way. i wish i could just grab a little metal hook and attach myself to you because you are there with your peace, you stand stout and firm, unchanging, and unmoved by circumstance.

one day, i’ll realise how foul the taste of salt water. one day, i’ll realise how much i hate seagulls. one day, i’ll realise where i ought to be, where i want to be and that i miss you. one day, i’ll paddle back.

today will be that day.