Roslyn Street
and heat
that rose
in waves,
mingled
with chords of REM
floating
outwards and upwards
into the Sydney sky
and you and I
shuffling on the rooftop
in mockery of dance
a lager fuelled sweetness,
intoxicated love
afterwards we perched
legs
dangling
from the open window
watching the nights drama
unfold
below us
cast ever changing
story the same...
Author Bio:
Shelley Nutting resides in England where she is a wife mother and community nurse. She has been writing poetry all her life but has only recently begun to share it. The strength of women at the heart of family is a recurring theme in her writing.
and heat
that rose
in waves,
mingled
with chords of REM
floating
outwards and upwards
into the Sydney sky
and you and I
shuffling on the rooftop
in mockery of dance
a lager fuelled sweetness,
intoxicated love
afterwards we perched
legs
dangling
from the open window
watching the nights drama
unfold
below us
cast ever changing
story the same...
Author Bio:
Shelley Nutting resides in England where she is a wife mother and community nurse. She has been writing poetry all her life but has only recently begun to share it. The strength of women at the heart of family is a recurring theme in her writing.
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