Wednesday, 4.40pm
I am currently back in Melbourne and have spent the last couple of weeks working from the office here while applying for a new UK visa with the British Embassy. After a minor scare, it appears all is well and my visa was approved. What a relief!
I have managed to catch up with old friends, former colleagues, re-visit some familiar spots and discover new ones. Much is the same with Melbourne but the biggest change I have realised is me; I no longer feel like I belong. While I yearn for the comfort and warmth of old friendships I know that for now I do not belong to this city.
Leaning into the afternoons I fling my sad nets
to that sea that is thrashed by your oceanic eyes.
The birds of night peck at the first stars
that flash like my soul when I love you.
The night gallops on its shadowy mare
shedding blue tassels over the land
- Leave Me A Place Underground, Pablo Neruda