Off into the sunset …

48.          Childhood

When the world was bigger
And the sky bluer
Adventures required
Just a small patch of bush
With places to hide;
Or a sloping street
Where we’d fly downhill
Jammed inside a pram—
No brakes, just a rope,
And faith it would hold.

When the world was bigger
And holidays longer
A shack at the beach
Was a brand new country;
An unmarked road
An expedition
To the great unknown,
While creeks […]