Australian Summer

Blue skies and cream, iron fences.
Eucalyptus and singlets
heads raised to the sun
remembering that one day
that one moment
underneath other trees
in a different place
running across paddocks and chasing sheep
climbing rock pillars
like we were kings of the castle
listening to heavy metal because we could
and leaving shoes at the door to play with matches on the patio
crying out that WE WIN
from the treehouse without a care in the world
because we didn't
we were kings!
We could race home-made go karts and pretend that falling off didn't hurt
climbing trees
finding grubs
and kangaroo legs in fences
secret treasures
fond memories
of another
Australian
summer.