Flying from raincloud into the night
Submerged into waves, coming up in the light
I’m kumala dreaming
Night becomes day and day becomes night
Always love and don’t give in to the fight
I’m kumala dreaming
Bikes for the surf, sun for the rain
A koala hug heals that lonely pain
I’m kumala dreaming
From roads to the sea, green into blue
Apostle rock, reef and kakadu
I’m kumala dreaming
Story behind the poem:
2 years ago, after a difficult 7 months in my first job after graduating from university, and screwing up a relationship, I had an opportunity to go to travel to Australia for a month. For me it was a pilgrimage to a place I'd always dreamed of going to, and was a surreal experience of pain, healing and learning to trust again closing off the past to prepare for a new journey when I returned to live in my city of birth in Scotland. The plane I travelled on from London to Sydney was called 'Kumala Dreaming'.
Tuesday 4 December 2007
Wednesday 20 June 2007
Cailin
Growing a sunflower, stand in the rain
Discovering fun, rarely lonely or sad
When I am older
And the world is mine
No regrets, all my dreams I'll do
Dancing away, all my days
School don't matter, I don't care
But as you get older
Different choices you make
It gets harder to see, the dreams in me.
Just a little girl in this big big world
I'm easy to lose in this big big world
How will you find me
How will you see
In this great big world, a little me
Life got painful, hurt real bad
Ignoring your heart, hearing your head
As a child no longer
Your life tells a story
What do you see, when you look at me?
The years go on and on...
The years go on and on...
Just a little girl in this big big world
I'm easy to lose in this big big world
How will you find me
How will you see
In this great big world, a little me
Discovering fun, rarely lonely or sad
When I am older
And the world is mine
No regrets, all my dreams I'll do
Dancing away, all my days
School don't matter, I don't care
But as you get older
Different choices you make
It gets harder to see, the dreams in me.
Just a little girl in this big big world
I'm easy to lose in this big big world
How will you find me
How will you see
In this great big world, a little me
Life got painful, hurt real bad
Ignoring your heart, hearing your head
As a child no longer
Your life tells a story
What do you see, when you look at me?
The years go on and on...
The years go on and on...
Just a little girl in this big big world
I'm easy to lose in this big big world
How will you find me
How will you see
In this great big world, a little me
Sunday 7 January 2007
Black Roses
Did heaven open its arms to you
Did lust burn your heart to coal
What, where do you go from here
I don't understand what you were to me
I close my eyes and breathe you in
Sweating nicotine, whiskey and beer
I really want to remember you well
Black roses is all I see
Where, where did your love go?
Where, where did your love go?
Where, where did your love go?
What goodness did I see?
I shed a tear for the sunflower
I grieved for the baby inside
But I can't and I won't
Stand my ground and I don't
Where do I go from here?
Story behind this song/poem:
I wrote this when I was trying to make sense of my feelings about the death of one of my grandparents.
Did lust burn your heart to coal
What, where do you go from here
I don't understand what you were to me
I close my eyes and breathe you in
Sweating nicotine, whiskey and beer
I really want to remember you well
Black roses is all I see
Where, where did your love go?
Where, where did your love go?
Where, where did your love go?
What goodness did I see?
I shed a tear for the sunflower
I grieved for the baby inside
But I can't and I won't
Stand my ground and I don't
Where do I go from here?
Story behind this song/poem:
I wrote this when I was trying to make sense of my feelings about the death of one of my grandparents.
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