How can it be twenty years
Since you started uni
A thousand lifetimes go
Pre-cancer
Pre-Aaron
Pre-London
Pre-walking the Camino
Pre-going overseas for the first time
Pre-Kris
Pre-knee surgery
Pre-Richie
Pre-living out of home
Pre-social media
Pre-smart phones

Watching the video
Of Snoopy!!!
The musical you did
Back Then
In the olden days
When you had promised your boyfriend
You wouldn’t do any more shows
Because he was frustrated at not getting to spend time with you
And then you did another show immediately after
When you had long hair
When you didn’t leave campus for longer than a week for four years
Because oh how you fell in love with uni life
(Even though it was the site of your worst depression)
It was transformative in so many wonderful ways

The happy memories
Of rehearsal in the old army barracks
That they later tore down
(Weren’t they heritage listed?)
And Studio Four
With all the old productions
Sharpied on the wall
That they also tore down
The familiar faces
Pascal and Lara and Daniel and Shu and
Angie and Lexie and ChrisBob
Ann and Flip and Tom and
Jarvis and Jasmine and Holly and
Monali and Teegan and Pat and
Zaza and Blake
Mike and Jinny and Jeremy 

​The glow they give you in your heart.