Afternoon Sun

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The afternoon sun,
is beaming through my window –
things are looking up.

It’s summer,
and I’m feeling alright,
because of this afternoon sun.

It’s leading me down a road,
I’ve never been down before,
yet I know I can trust.

For the afternoon sun,
like a blanket,
warm on a cold night.

There’s nothing better,
no other place I’d rather be,
can’t think of anywhere I need to be.

There is no conflict,
only peace,
a quite that can’t be disturbed.

The afternoon sun,
on a Sunday afternoon,
drifts me to sleep,

and I dream so sweet.

 

Looking Down

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I’ve been looking down,
not knowing where I’m going,
or what’s coming my way,
too scared to look,
too afraid to risk it.

I’ve been lost in thought,
dreaming and unaware,
I see my footprints,
but I’m not going anywhere,
yet I see your shadow.

I’m building a rhythm that I can’t sustain,
my heart beats faster,
my pulse trying to keep up,
each beat like a drum,
ringing in my ear.

I hear a voice,
don’t know where its coming from,
I feel you near,
the sense of you makes me shiver,
like a chill in the air.

I’m too close to the tree to see the forest,
I’m too far in my own head to see the man,
have I become a slave to my mind?
You can’t talk to same person for the rest of your life,
without some kind of fall out.

Now I can’t walk a straight line,
I’m wondering, I’m wavering, I’m faltering,
and its a struggle to keep my balance;
what to grasp when you’re blind?
what to scream when you’ve lost your voice?

Son Light

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My son was born,
on a cold Spring day,
rain belted against the ward’s window –
it was bright inside.

Looking into his deep dark blue eyes,
Like first light before sunrise,
So much light to come,
Dawn came with his first yawn.

It was never going to be the same,
I was no longer once a part of someone else,
Someone else was a part of me,
Is there anything closer?

We travelled home,
Bore the brunt of Melbourne’s bi-polar weather –
It was warm in side,
Our son had risen.

With him by my side,
I forgot which way was East,
My circumference was now measured by a different law,
Home was now at arms length.

Lighting up my life,
warming my soul,
opening my eyes,
I see everything now.

His cries and sounds,
music to our ears,
his song and dance,
tuned to our love.

We welcomed him,
This house we can now call home,
This union now a family,
Our future now with you.