a coast is a challenge:
horizons beckon
and lighthouses call
to the concertina tune of
briny comings and goings

we stand on cliffs
to farewell and to welcome,
to regret and repulse,
in fear and in hope

we who are chosen
and we who choose
seek the mirror of the shore that we leave,
a search for the new
and for the old,
for the other
and for oneself

to dash on the cliffs
or gain the waterline,
thirsty for the sweet streams
of another land

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Scott Bywater

Grew up in Hobart, Tasmania, now living in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Kind of a music guy, writes a bit. Pushing 50.

Latest posts by Scott Bywater (see all)

• objective - 28/06/16
• taking steps - 23/06/16
• a coast is a challenge - 14/06/16
• distant echo - 05/06/16