I can hear the sun playing outside


from the ABC set Something for the Weekend (May 2008)

I can hear the sun playing outside (9th October 2008, 2.35pm)

I can hear the sun playing outside
on the tarmaccaddam,
or perhaps it is the children;

I can hear the grass shouting
and the earth answering
and the sky calling
and the clouds falling,
or perhaps it is the children;

I can hear the local houses laughing,
the cars answering, playing chase,
and the bell for the end of break
allowing silence to reign.

And now all I can hear are
the trees whispering their secrets.

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Comments

Bradene | October 14, 2008 - 14:46

I like this it has a kind of secretive voice, kind of yearning feel to it. Wistful perhaps. Lovely. Val x