Shepparton Poem by Shaun McGurgan

Well when I came back from New South Wales
To settle for a while, to sit and multiply
With a hard and heave heart I said,
'I'm not long in this climb'

For my spirit lurked in Terrigal
That jewel of the sea
And in the forest of the hinterland
Is where I'd rather be.

The time past slow in Shepparton
And when the Autumn came
My eyes they filled with tears
As the frost put out my flame.

I'd walk cold streets at midnight
Past paddocks and moon lit lanes
Cast inward to sunnier times
Knowing they 'd never be the same.

Yet slow times lead to deep friendships
Something I didn't know
'Cos in the paddocks and the fields
Seeds of happiness I'd sown.

And two long years became a whisper
The sands of time blow on
Casting love, joy and happiness
Some tears and song.

Now again it's time to say goodbye
To journey far from here
And though I leave Katandra's fields
My heart is forever near.

For time I'd left in that little place
Feels like a river flow
I'll not return to quench this thurst
But part of me will never go.