Mundingburra

Tonight there is a full moon. I have been going for a swim each night this week to cool down before bed. I want to be able to use my new doona as much as possible, but it's still 35 Degrees each day. Getting cooler at nights though- ever so gradually.
For some reason, tonight I thought of that R.E.M song 'Nightswimming'. I was transported back to my 14 year old self, sitting on the floor of our house in North Queensland, listening to my brother's REM cd. I thought Nightswimming was the most profound and beautiful song ever.
I don't know why I didn't think of the song for so long. Like so many obsession songs it slipped away once I was finished with it.
As I was swimming and watching the moon through the palm tree silhouettes, I couldn't help but wonder how I could ever feel melancholic when I am living in a life which is so beautiful.

Nightswimming, remembering that night
September's coming soon
I'm pining for the moon
And what if there were two
Side by side in orbit
Around the fairest sun?
That bright, tight forever drum
Could not describe nightswimming...

Love from Lucy.