The Turn of a Friendly Path

There are semblances of him scattered

Around in old photos, postcards

Half-finished love letters;

His excursions are of one whose path

Is that of a dirt road

Which ends on the edge of a dried lake;

His family hopes that

He might come back like

The rains in storms,

And fill the lives of those

To whom he matters most,

With his love,

His kinship,

Free from the drugs

The alcohol,

Free to yawn at their hold,

And caress the damage as though the Christ

And bind his soul

To Oblivion, to begin again.

 

First published Eureka St April 2019

 

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