We stopped to freeze
some moments
upon this serpentine’s steely pavement
upon this serpentine’s steely pavement
(where a Fay and a John, a Janet and her
Jason,
and hundreds of other
couples later on—
locked padlocks to
the railing,
and threw the keys into the sea roaring);
and threw the keys into the sea roaring);
We stooped to throw a gaze at the distant
horizon, memories unchained
slithering from a time ancient
when we vowed to exchange passkeys
to our otherwise padlocked hearts.
horizon, memories unchained
slithering from a time ancient
when we vowed to exchange passkeys
to our otherwise padlocked hearts.
-- Wollongong 27/12/2011