From 16-18
I spent much of my life as an itinerant worker
staying a couple of days here
a few weeks there
in order to pad my pocket and fill my belly…
I worked in a milk bar in Freemantle
long enough to rent a bedsit
and get a feel for the city…
it was a good place for a country girl
to experience city life
back then it wasn't so hectic
and maintained a lot of parklands
where I could replenish my spirit…
I did a day's work cleaning the pub in Cooper Pedy
desolate opal town that it was/is
just to get a feed and some supplies to take on the road…
back in those day's water was still free…
and smiles freely given…
in Alice Springs I started my nurses training
but that didn't last long
I was unused to being inside all day
uncomfortable in stockings and closed in shoes
was always getting reprimanded
for spending too much time with patients
and for trying to augment my diet
with uneaten food from patients trays….
so I hit the road again
wandering without destination from one corner
of Australia to the other…
life seemed so uncomplicated back then
only responsible for feeding myself
and avoiding trouble…
I camped on a cliff overlooking
the Great Australian Bight
one star lit night
just me and the ocean and prehistoric vibrations…
the chances that any other white girl had ever slept in that spot
were completely non-existent…
I liked doing things like that in my youth
and truth be told I would love to do it again….
perhaps with company of a close friend…
can you imagine that….?
…. unseen from any road…
hundreds of miles from any trace of a modern world
no need for clothing
no need for anything except the company
of a warm blooded male
or female,
depending on who you are and where your preferences lay…
making love (or whatever you care to call it)
to the melody of the surging ocean
and the whisper of an untainted breeze….
…it's something I'd like to do before I shuffle off
this mortal world…
share a star lit night like that
in a place like that -
- with someone special….
sharonlee©
2011
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