Love in the air, Hunter
It’s what you need
Sunshine and sweet iced lemonade
A dog barking to play catch with
And flower bushes tumbling over a white picket fence
The sound of seagulls and lorikeets on a sunny afternoon
A wife, in a frilled apron
A red truck parked in the driveway
Sleeping at night with peace
Beer only on the weekends with mates
Trips to the seaside with your brother
Sunshine and sunset at their ease
With you waking to feed the chickens in their coop
At 5am
The war behind you and you enjoying
A simple life
That’s the future I see for you
You know
A wedding in a church
Your brother your best man
Your house will have yellow weatherboards
And a porch light for dark nights
You’ll hear the rain on a tin roof
And you’ll be safe and happy in that house, Hunter
You won’t be afraid of bullets and lies and the sharp
Stabs of other people’s disappointment
There’s no one in your future to judge you
You’ll be free, Hunter
Follow your freedom to that house
With flowers and happiness in the front yard
Two of your children, calling you Daddy
Let that future come true, Hunter
I can’t keep an eye on you forever