Standing outside the church
stargazing
when I was eight

An awkward teen at a party
In sydney
Alone on a balcony

Pregnant and staying home alone
Saturday night
Of Darwin’s wet

Breastfeeding my third child
Planting trees in my back yard
Driving to Adelaide past Nigretta Falls

A bus trip to Texas
In a plane over the pacific
Sunday at the movies

I missed you,
All my life
I’ve missed you.


November 2001