New Poetry by Tony Hughes

Looking for our footsteps

- for Cass

Looking for our footsteps.

I stood on south point

and listened to the

wind howling

I don’t have

tears left

Its

late

I sit

by the

spirit fire

listening to

your playlist

Tracey is

taking the

force

of the

blow

I pretend

you wait

for me

to finish

my glass

of wine

before I climb

into your curves

where our

bodies fit.

Will winter

always find

me here

guiding the

last embers

of the fire

off to sleep

I planted

two stardust

banksia trees

today

one for you

one for me

- © Tony Hughes 2021

Cassandra Woodburne, to whom this poem is dedicated, was the beloved wife and best mate of Tony Hughes and mother to their two daughters, Georgia and Eddy. She passed away on 22nd November 2020 after a long and courageous struggle with cancer.

Tony Hughes is an Australian actor and singer. As an actor, he starred in The Lost Islands (1976), Chopper Squad (1977–1979) and the film adaptation of Puberty Blues (1981). As a singer he has fronted Bellydance and King Tide. (Courtesy of Wikipedia)

© Reg Mombasa (painted for Cassandra for her twenty first birthday)