The Nexus Collection: Ewan Elliott, The Beginning

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.