Australian Winter

Up through the ashes you rose
 Leaving her forever purer than before
 All of her goodness enclosed
 With an ever-burning red volcanic glow
 From your honest eyes, I stole
 And I've forsaken you, and I amount to nothing
 Still up these rivers we'll row
 Far away along, fish in flow forever
 I fly around the earth
 Fluttering along, humming like a swallow
 I sing their long eyes to sleep
 But their applause leaves me blank and hollow
 The ocean beneath me is loneliness
 The cities all are one,
 Repeating and repeating
 The haunted rustling of leaves
 Screeching 'cross the porch,
 Raindrops pluck the windows
 I pull myself underneath
 Her warm soft blankets
 This Australian winter