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SHANE: ALL THAT IS WAITING

SHANE's Notes
ALL THAT IS WAITING
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Today at 11:18

Iron roof glimmers from a fresh summer storm

Children’s laughter from nearby backyards resounds

All relax in the respite from a long summers dawn

Let loose the blind blinded by the glow so warm

Dew gathers and glistens from each blade of grass

While magpies busily work by lessons of past

The garbage truck has come and gone so fast

Morning becomes day like new members of a cast

The early morning joggers trot out their path

Clear mist from a mirror after refreshing bath

All smooth and revived readied to start

The neighbours dog still incessantly barks

What new adventure awaits outside timber gate

The frangipani bougainvillea a perfect picture create

A scene from a painting on a canvas of time

Nature performs the rituals in tune so fine

Leaves drop the jumpers come for winter to stop

Wood gatherers bring fuel and money exchanged

Temperatures plummet with hands stuffed in pockets

Figures dance and seek refuge from wind on a corner

The sun no longer visits so early on mornings

How I complained of the heat on those dawning’s

Birds huddle close and sing only in warning

As endless legions of ants miss crumbs on their falling

We blow in cupped hands as if shouting and calling

Shivering and shaking freezing and aching

Wishing for summer sand beach and sun baking

Wind rattles the windows to a fear of them breaking
The landscape is familiar but constantly changing

From the veranda is witnessed a storm in the making

It’s hot once again and all animals start mating

As I relax in my chair I contemplate all that is waiting

From distance comes lightening and thunder explodes

A crescendo of violence erupts from high in the sky

Huge droplets of rain catch all passers by

As if by coincidence to help quench the dry

Mud trampled floors and dodging the hail

The weekend hustle and bustle of a crowded market sale

To ponder the direction of a slow moving snail

A mosquito or two and milk that’s gone stale

Paw Paw trees that bend under their load

Fruit bats that screech in trees over the road

Cast off the jetty catch a fish called a toad

Rivers swell then threaten to flood your abode

We come together to eat drink and celebrate life

There’s a lizard out back causing the cat some strife

As we watch the sun set through the flies that are rife

The crickets signal the end of a day in my life