Beginning
 

  Green hills glowed in the dark 
  Our naked bodies cavorted at the river bank 
  The fire burned bright 
  Sausages sizzled 
  Water was cool not cold 
  Clothes were strewn around 
  We dived deep to roll in an embrace 
  Under the stars, under the water 
  Kisses were hot in the cool water 
  Arms inviting, bubbles aplenty 

        Were did it all go wrong? 
        Perhaps out there 
        Perhaps back here 
        Or did we just grow apart as we grew up 

  Even when she was born and made us both laugh 
  With her babyish stunts 
  We even started to talk like her 
  Goo Goo, or we thought it was anyway 
  It didn't matter, a dirty nappy was still a dirty nappy 
  From someone so small so much mess 

        We washed them for years - by hand! 
        Too poor for an auto washer 
        Is that why? 
        We weren't poor in each other 
        So why? 

  It doesn't really matter because we both said goodbye 
  To each other, me to her 
  Sitting on a concrete step somewhere in my mind 
  Her small figure haunts me even now.

 
 

(C) Copyright 1999
EWAN ELLIOTT
All Rights Reserved

The Nexus Collection
EWAN ELLIOTT

Anew
A New Year

Assign
Balance

Beginning
Blenheim

Dancing
Dusty Boots

East meets West

Forlorn
Ghosts

Golden 
Slippers

I Think

Loving and Liking

Many Faces

On a Full Stomach

Poker Days
Sachets
Slippery Lines

Techno Marvel
The Head Ward
The Last Rites

The School Yard

Tired Eyes

Winding Roads

Without a Word

Where have all the young men gone ?




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