Cities of beauty, land of plenty, dance in memories,
the Nullabore come with me as I journey beyond....... 

Once, I crossed your barrenness and grand red land 
the wide open spaces here in my heart, 
my mind and in my friends faces.
And ‘Ayres Rock’ standing proud and strong
with the distant howls of a dingo’s song.

Away from you, on alien soils, discontentment grew.
Would I ever see you again, 
tread your surfaces or swim your seas?
Alas, three months of differences similar,
but unfamiliar to me, I know where I belong, 
Australia! The land of my home.

TeAnne © Dec 26. 1997