W h y   d o   t h i s  ?  
C h a n g e   m y   p o i n t   o f   v i e w ,
T a k e   m y   w o r l d  
A n d   t u r n,
T w i s t   i t   u p s i d e   d o w n .

S h o u l d n' t   h a v e   t a k e n   i t
S h o u l d   h a v e   l e f t   i t  
i n   t h e   b o x
L o c k e d   u p,  
k e y   t h r o w n   a w a y ,
B u t   n o,  

Y o u ‘v e   t a k e n   m y   w o r l d
A n d   t h r o w n   i t   u p s i d e   d o w n
S h a k e n   a n d   s t i r r e d
A l l   t h a t' s   i n   t h i s   s o u l

S h o u l d n' t   h a v e   t a k e n   i t
S h o u l d   h a v e   l e f t   i t   i n   t h e   b o x
T h r o w n   t h e   k e y   a w a y
B u t   n o   y o u   d i d n' t ,

D i d   Y o u?

    ©  Nick Strong 2014

Aching twisted limbs, gnarled and torn,
Wind battered, weathering and worn.
What stories can it tell?
Through generations of sunshine,
Through decades of rain,
Storm battered, weathered in pain.
What stories can it tell?

    ©  Nick Strong 2014

Came here by car,
Rode in the fast lane, past,
Concrete avenues all lined,
With suburban memorabilia.
Seen the sunrise cross the asphalt
Trundled down country lanes,
cattle tamed.

Across war torn highways,
Miles stretch out, as
The highway passes by
Feel I’ve been chasing
Down shadows,
Across endless plains
Have seen the broken hearts,
Through cracked windscreens.
Watched teardrops spatter,
Cross a dusty windshield
As a rainbow glistens
In the corner of my eye.
There’s a reason these express ways,
Reach towards the horizon.

Have travelled here,
Came by car,
But
Don’t know where
Here is.

    ©  Nick Strong 2014