The Language We All Know

Hola

Labas

Sveiki

Ahoj

Talofa

Merhaba

Salut

Oi

A flood of colours 

A sea of sounds

Every kind of footstep

Forges a unique track on the ground

I believe it is true

Yet it sounds almost absurd

That one can communicate a hundred things- through their face and hands

And verbalising just a single word

Our ea...

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What Drives Loyalty

I’ve learned that loyalty

Can be a beautiful quality

When harnessed in the right way

But it can also keep us in situations and relationships

That make our values sway

As a little girl and a teenager

I desperately wanted to be Lily’s best friend

In fact, I wished I could be her 

My hypnotised devotion had no end

Until one day I realis...

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It Takes One

It takes one to make you their wife

It takes one to try and ruin your life

It takes one to be by your side

It takes one to be a reckless guide

It takes one to sign a contract

And one to take it away

It takes one to show you love

And one to mess up your day

It takes one to reciprocate your care

Or take advantage of you because you are kind

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 The Bridge

 Australia says NO to violence against women

We WON’T tolerate bullying in the health force 

We will not let this be

That’s what I thought too

Until it happened to me

‘You get what you give’

A motto I’d say it’s mostly true

But sometimes people will find a way to try and make you suffer

No matter what good you do

So I tried not to take it pe...

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The Mirror You Can’t Hold

Rejection, deflection

Projection, projection

A profuse push of blame

With profound misdirection

Mirror, mirror on the wall

Who is the most insightess of them all?

You say it is me?

No —  it  just could not be!

I am the truth

So why can’t you see?!

Everyone has done me wrong

My feelings are because —  of what you —  put me thro...

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The Magic in Mundane

Rolling rolling 

Rumble rumble

With all this weight

I’m sure to stumble

Vibrations buzzing

From my knuckle

Then down my arm

With a smoothly structured handle

Caressed in my palm

Blot Blot Blot

Bumpety-bump

Give yourself a stretch

Get those muscles pumped

Kookaburras say hello

The sun says

‘I’m here to kick your ars...

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