Raw and Raging
A collection of poems written during Sydney’s 2021 Covid-19 lockdown. Living in one of LGAs of concern, we have experienced the strictest restrictions imposed on Sydneysiders. The poems are raw and it ranged from soft to raging whilst expressing views on love, melancholy, race and longing.
Rain
sweet rain lullaby
soothing like peppermint tea
love me as i fall
Melancholy
hello melancholy!
who invites you?
barging in early morning
my eyes barely open
i am yet to have my coffee
how dare you interrupt me?
when i’m talking
when i’m driving
when i’m on the train
when i’m waiting in line
when i’m in the crowd
your audacity is relentless
even catching me in darkness
but then i wonder what it’s like
if you stop your uninvited visits
would i truly be happy?
would i forget you easy?
you are part of me
Brown
brown is not
your colour
it is mine
i am red,
yellow
and blue
i am the
colour
of the soil
where plants
grow
i am
one of you
only if
i stay
in my box
you just want
me as a shadow
not heard
barely seen
do as i say
you say
not as i do
or say hello
to the army
brown is not
your colour
it is mine
Glimpse
alone by the window
i saw a glimpse of you
i was ecstatic
then you left
i cried
Spring
i remember
the magic of spring
the air fusing with light and lollipop pink
mermaids singing in the moonlight
sunflowers dancing under the sun
hearts entwined like lovers do
until the autumn wind
Hearts
hand in hand uphill
angry clouds towering us
our hearts embraced