Emma Cameron Quotes

They scribble on notepads,
the sound of their pens
scratching the judgemental air.

Stella scribbled
in thick black texta
across half the pages
of my best storybook,
filled with people who ventured
where their hearts took them.
Beautiful worlds beyond mine.

There're three reasons
people get away from here:
gone good, gone bad or
gone dead.

I miss my brother like
the sea would miss salt
if that were taken away.

I want out of this place.
With no reminders.
It stings -
sulphur tears
in cinnamon rain.

One more year and I will be closer to wherever I'm going.

I'm all alone,
fuming at myself,
waving a great flag
of failure.

Bongo's sobs are hurled out
like paintballs from a skirmish gun
until the force diminishes
into a trickle of sobs
that wind up the exorcism.

Then she smiles, like it's
the first time she's seen sun
after a decade of winters.

Things should have been
so different
to the way they are
now.

The telly is invaded
by hallelujah channels
and informercials,
both trying to sell
everything needed
to save you.

Strange, isn't it?" he asks.
"Where life takes you and
how much can change.

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I'm just
the reason they married.
Mum says
I was a surprise.
Dad says
I was an accident.
Truth is ...
I am their mistake.