Day 30. Pre-elected travel date

The given day has flash floods shown
Had left on time then who'd have known

Day 29. finding our way

Smoothly paved path on a natural bumpy road
Rip and tear the ash-felt, change, arrange, decode

Day 28. down time

Faust one and two, and catcher in the rye
feed my head as the days roll by

Day 27. Anticlimax

The bags are packed, the shopping's done
The waiting game has just begun

Day 26. Another hangover

Wasted time, so slept all day
drank my fill now I gotta pay

Day 25. Ride to town

Sam, Sam, the danger man
No seat belt in a taxi van.

Day 24. Blood letting

A prick in the arm for Thai entry
More blood flows forth then we agreed.

Day 23. Retrospect

A journey back, and to the side
Sits Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Day 22. Visa turmoil

Visas delayed and flights rearranged
Goal posts have moved and game plan has changed.

Day 21. Hotspring contemplation

Diversity and movement the old and new bring
Like the converging waters of a brook and hot spring

Day 20. Road trip

Last minute catch up with sisters we go
Backwards and forwards towards mighty Taupo

Day 19. Finding Footwear

floor of options flung before me lending to despair
So if the shoe and foot fit snug, I will surely wear

Day 18. going

I don't want to leave, I don't want to stay
I don't want to see why I feel this way.

day 17. Triathalon day

Non-competitive course for the young
No rules for me thanks, I'm here for fun

Day 16. Quality time

Dinner with the family just before we go away
But we've been here for many years, long before today

Day 15. Info gathering

Another day sat front of a stale white screen
Preparing for packing, perhaps some iodine

day 14. Contemplating asia

Normality shudders and shakes underfoot
Above the air splits and defies to stay put

day 13. Transitions

The days keep creeping steadily on
friends in the doorway don't stay long

day 12. Frankton Markets

Sign smeared with slather from a five year old
Says for two token dollars time-spent life is sold

day 11. Lapse of memory

a content less verse is banged out in haste
least a hundred day venture is lain to waste

day 10. chorus in my head - john butler

wooa, o, o, ooo, o, o, o ,ooo, Trying to sleep again, fill in the head again.
wooa, o, o, ooo, o, o, 0 ,ooo, Trying to sleep again, I can't help listen-in.

Day 9. video retrospection

No target in my hand today, No bullet in my belt
Its hard to think I fell that way, threw stars ahead of self

Day 8. Nieces Geography Lesson

Heart pangs long, little legs claim my waist
At the gently timed mention of our going away

Day 7. Some Introspection

Back in the family with four walls confined
See nature and nurture I'm forced to call mine.

Day 6. returning voyage

An uninspiring road back home
Leaves little left to rouse a poem

day 5. Biancas birthday

A flagon for the rum and a felt eye patch
foul treasure in the cabin-et, bottom of the batch

Day 4. lessons for the little ones

Tying knots in balloons so the air stays in
Neck wrapped tight cuts the cir-cu-la-tion

day 3. Trade me purge

Objects gathered from the years gone by
Sold for a dollar, that the rent comply

day 2. early morning

Sleepless nights in a pay parched bed
Storm spoke of rain, served spit instead

day 1. The beginning

In a cluttered room the road begins
While the way ahead turns within