Billabong

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You're leaving

so you lead me thigh deep through muddy explanation.

Primal mud, black with debris.

Piles of detritus lay Mesozoic.

Sifting would

unearth

amber moments

but my thoughts are toads buried deep in sand.

So much to impart:

Trickles

of information

and seasoned advice

that      willy             willy                      away

while regret roots its tubers deep.

I need you. But your ambitions are your own.

You wander

                where you will.

You will

                while I can only wonder.

You spear adventure with fierce, heron-joy

                while I

wave futile claws

sink sludgy

withdraw

deeper.

You're going - channelling a new course

while I remain

behind

billabonged.

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