kookaburras & a solitary magpie...

i.

and if he is lucky enough

to see her let down her hair...

he'll see kookaburras

& a solitary magpie

have taken nest in there.

ii.

she may offer him a smile

as pure as

sunbeams & thunder;

and if he lets her,

she'll bless his life

with vanilla & wonder.

iii.

and as her plane

transports her away to a northern hemisphere,

he keeps an eye skyward for the

biggest full moon in eighteen years...

iv.

(we are all travelers traversing timelines.

& jetlag is but a means

to allow us

to catch up on sleep

and ourselves.

Some of us travel outward

& some inward.

But we are all travelers

none the less.)

v.

she came to say goodbye,

and upon leaving, turned & said:

"I'm very glad I came over."

vi.

he is not the same man!

yes!! he has changed shape inside.

he pins an invisible medal for bravery

on his tiny, fragile chest.

& in the moonlight he shivers,

standing a little taller / bolder.

vii.

and for what it is worth,

be she close or far;

she has now become

his

constant

&

guiding

star.

(c) Brent M Harpur, 2011.

"If you don't know where you are going, you can never get lost." (herb cohen)