Melinda J. Irvine is an Australian writer, poet, and blogger living between the Philippines and Australia. Mel is adopted mum to Jerry, a Filipino boy she met in 2015 while volunteering after Typhoon Yolanda. All the money she earns as a freelance writer and author get her one step closer to legally adopting Jerry — plus helping the other kids from his village go to school.
not me! you said
the port,
all the fishing port tonight.
the twilight in
your favourite place
not me!
you said.
last light
on the fishing port
how could we know?
that night, was
the last night light
to shine
on us
the blue of our twilight
© 2015 Melinda Irvine