After the Dry

from Better Than Love by Mike Debenham

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elly sold the farm when her husband died
looked north to queensland
gave it all away till her life could fit
in the cup of a hollow hand

sick for a home where the rivers flow
dreaming of a world where the sun don't shine
small as a stone in a lover's palm
gonna hide away, slip back in time

one last time through barren field
past stump and mallee brown
cattle bone white in the morning light
lay the ghost of summer down

hollow for the herd they couldn't feed
groan of the cattle and the rivers dry
bullet for the ones they couldn't save
only time she saw her husband cry

danny, let me break your fall
(crack of the gun and the eyes go silent)
let me try and break your fall

elly folded up like a paper crane
and hard as a pebble stone
young in the mirror on a motel wall
but old as a widow's bones

dreaming of a world where the rivers flow
north through the mallee with the windows down
gum trees shimmer like a lover's smile
shed a little load in every town

who's gonna break your fall?
(crack in the night and the world is broken)
who's gonna break your fall?
(crack in the night and the heart goes silent)
let me try and break your fall
(crack in the heart and the heart lies open)
maybe i can break your fall

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from Better Than Love, released February 2, 2024

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I'm a writer and musician based in Melbourne, Australia.

Not actually a goat.

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