When days ahead were boundless

When days ahead were boundless

Look there, remember

First day, a party by the sea

Champagne and cake and laughter

Bondi blue sea view surf and sparkle then

First day, when those ahead were boundless

No need to count or dread their passing

Time slow running sand inexorable

Moon and turning tide

And so in shots, in photographs

( Reportage you say)

The sunny days recorded, these two smiling,

Or three, squinting in the glare the bright and cloudless

A glass a glint a ruby, rosé, cold white sauvignon

Sunset moonrise, sky suffused

Pink blush, reflected on the shore

The southern cross by night

A thousand snaps, the shutter's click

The day this place this hour

A small hand's trusting reach

A lilt and lift together, jump the waves

Freeze it in a photograph, hold it if you can

A memory of touching, breath and skin

The mischief in his eyes

Look there, remember

When days ahead were boundless

And we laughed into the sun

2nd June 2010, Bondi, for Dan and H and Z, with love