CREATIVE WRITING

Just needed to get this out of my system somehow, and didn't find a way to put it in a real story (although I have to admit I might do so later, because I like the idea), but for now, here's a poem ...



i always compared it all to what i knew
the sky at night
not the same stars,
yet the sky seemed so similar

the trees so different
different greens
green despite winter
that wasn't a winter in my mind at all

the colourful flowers that never grow here
bird-of-paradise flowers
oranges and mangoes off the tree
no cherries though

the birds in the trees
birds you don't even see in zoos here
waking me with their songs
and laughter

every little thing i was used to
the same yet not
like the ones i didn't want to leave ever
and yet so exciting and new

and one year on
still me yet not same me
the same trees same birds same sky
i grew up with

yet now missing the different
now i know they are there
i always knew there were others out there
yet never were they real to me

and i still love the ones i see
do not want to leave here
yet here i am
always dreaming of australia