Up through the ashes you rose
Leaving her forever purer than before
All of her goodness enclosed
With an ever-burning red volcanic glow
From your honest eyes, I stole
And I've forsaken you, and I amount to nothing
Still up these rivers we'll row
Far away along, fish in flow forever
I fly around the earth
Fluttering along, humming like a swallow
I sing their long eyes to sleep
But their applause leaves me blank and hollow
The ocean beneath me is loneliness
The cities all are one, 
Repeating and repeating
The [bad word] of leaves
Screeching 'cross the porch, 
Raindrops pluck the windows
I pull myself underneath
Her warm soft blankets 
This Australian winter