an ode (of sorts) to melbourne

in the peace of the quiet of the dark
lamps of misty halos softly aglow
leylines glimmer a shimmering path

wrapped in a cloak of night
a book of dreams in hand

in the quiet of the peace of the dark
empty windows into lives aslumber
into dreams they lived, a brief respite

one foot ahead and onwards
into the season of mists

in the dark of the pace of the quiet
silence that hangs like a shroud
i am lost but for the path

alone and yet at one
in the cirsp morning air

in the chill of the silent dark
lights reflected upon placid calm
the river of yarra

a pause, i stood looking younder
into a misty night of dreams

a tug, an awakening, a dawning

i was in love


i've been waiting to write this for a long time, but there's just so many things; i couldnt possibly fit into one piece. so i decide to relate a one and a half hour walk in the dead of winter, when i first realised i was falling in love with this city.

i miss this place. for ten years of my life, this is the first place that i put my roots down and truly embraced it. i've been living inbetween places for half my life and this is the first place i felt at home.

there are a lot of contributing factors. coming across bluelight, all the bonding sessions with my friends, learning a lot of myself, finding the love of my life. i can say, being in melbourne has been the most important thing that has ever happened to me in life.

there are too many things for me to expound on in one post, but suffice to say, i felt at home here, which is more than i can say for anywhere else.

and i found myself here as well.

i miss this city, i always will, even though as the days go by, it begans to recede from me as one might, upon waking from a dream. im very regretful and sorry, but sometimes, these things just can be helped.

whatever the case, melbourne will always be a special place to me.

i just want to thank all of you, and i love all of you, silly as that might sound.

good bye

^^^^ nice.....


good luck dude....

that's nice, and dare i saw it... beautiful.

OK, I'm gonna paraphrase Hemmingway:
"If you are lucky enough to live in Melbourne as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Melbourne is a moveable feast"
that has been my relationship to the city. I've lived in alot of places, none of them felt like home the way Melbourne does.

great stuff as always Vurt, and Melbourne misses you

woooh melbourne rocks