Almost Forgotten In Time

Three half fallen walls left of rock and mud
Almost covered by old smothering wild fig tree~
And it had grown right through this old bush hut
Where once stood a fire place and stone chimney~
Proof still about of this once magnificent spot
That it was simply enjoyed by family of a few~
Four days from travel just about anywhere at all
Way up the top of Australia inland from ocean blue~
There had been an old outside bath of stone
Another tree grew near there so much the same~
Seemed a wild cherry tree of some oldest kind
That's seed found good soil helped by the rain~
A deepest old water well stood quite near
It's top fashioned from rock and mud as well~
The track I drove upon stopped 3 miles away
Overgrown scrub almost hid the hut as if never to tell~
Who was it that lived so far away in this old hut
Must have been at least one hundred years ago~
How they survived away out here so far back in time
And where they came from to here I guess we'll never know~
The remains of fence posts grey and leaning now
An oldest gate how it hung there badly~
But visions of happier times lay all about
Though all these years have passed now sadly~
No more the obvious days of reasonable splendor
Its once day of usefulness have long gone and its need~
The owners of this place would all be gone long ago
Standing now in testament overgrown by scrub and weed~
Oldest signs of a path to a once shed still to be seen
So many oldest tools and signs of life to still see~
Even make shift toys near an old home made tree seat
Now all a part of a long ago still secret history~

Terrence Michael Sutton
copyright 1973
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