Yellow Fingers (written in 1999)

His sunlight-bathed crown waved,
leaf-fingers yellow, a tired sun
She danced in autumn's shower
arms flung above her head
touching petrified leaves

Clouds she passed earlier
on a fuelled bird
wept tropical tears
preparing cushioned mud coffins

Naked he mourned
absent yellow fingers

(written in Hervey Bay on a soulful solitary trip)