Adam Lindsay Gordon, renowned Australian poet and a champion,
daring horseman – killed himself in 1870. Aged 37 years.
I dreamed I saw
A Giant,
Standing at Lindsay’s Leap –
It was the ghost
Of Adam Lindsay Gordon!
As he picked up
A 50 tonne rock,
And hurled it high
Into the dead centre –
Of those beautiful,
Blue Lake waters,
He was yelling…
Suicide rox!
Suicide rox!
Suicide rox!…
I woke
To the deafening roar,
Of the first wave –
Crashing,
Against our peaceful shore.
I lay awake
Wondering –
What keeps
Our Country rocking,
So many die
Saying goodbye,
Throwing stones
At those they leave behind,
Doing a terrible violence –
To loving
Hearts and minds.
I fell back
Into uneasy sleep,
And dreamed again…
Each and every morning –
At sunrise,
That Giant would stand,
Towering
Over Uluru,
Yelling so loudly,
You could hear him
Coast to coast…
Suicide rocks!
Suicide rocks!
Suicide rocks
Tim Barritt. 2006.
Uluru is a Giant Rock in the
middle of Australia.
Earth Angel 181
Tim Barritt. 2011.
Earth Angel 181