Geography

Be my view looking back Red earth deep, red-tailed black First landscapes and loves Clear blue skies above Calling me down that gravel track Eucalypts after rain Remind me who I'm again On petrichor nights, my memories alight We're more than we ever could explain Tidal questions at my feet Home is where the heart lines meet Not in distance of the seas Nor geography Say hello to the spring What will this time you bring? An old self to shed? A new mouth to be fed? Write me an answer I can sing Tidal questions at my feet Home is where the heart lines meet Not in distance of the seas Nor geography Down every dune of your shoreline I move with the migratory birds Me and my shadows in a flight path rhyme A dark murmuration of words --- Geography - Emily Barker