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ISSUE NO. 26

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September 2026

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Poetry

Tightrope Walker

By

Murdoch

Murdoch writes from a prison in VIC.

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Oblivion comes at a price I will not pay  

I look to you every time as I begin words I pray  

Rest my weary soul upon this red I lay

As this body of mine grows fatigued by words I tire  

Lift me up to your heavens taking me higher  

As I begin this tightrope walk upon your wire  

Transmit my thought from deep within my desire  

I fall and hurt from not seeing my own home  

For where does my soul linger where must I roam  

Running out of time I slowly close my mind  

Trick or treat just to see what I could find  

Staring at the sun to see if I’d go blind  

Now I give a lot of love to see what I can find.

Oblivion comes at a price I will not pay  

I look to you every time as I begin words I pray  

Rest my weary soul upon this red I lay

As this body of mine grows fatigued by words I tire  

Lift me up to your heavens taking me higher  

As I begin this tightrope walk upon your wire  

Transmit my thought from deep within my desire  

I fall and hurt from not seeing my own home  

For where does my soul linger where must I roam  

Running out of time I slowly close my mind  

Trick or treat just to see what I could find  

Staring at the sun to see if I’d go blind  

Now I give a lot of love to see what I can find.

This
piece
was originally printed in the
September 2026
edition of About Time.
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