Hayley Keegan

A collection of short stories, dreams, photographs and illustrations.

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Brown Shoes

One pair of shoes

My heart beating

Two pairs of shoes

Four feet moving

One hallway

My mind reaching

Four hallways

Two people breathing

I pass you

One moment fleeting..

Beating..

Reaching..

Breathing..

Teething.

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Copacabana Beach, 2015

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Faces.

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I want to live where there is life

and even if I cannot touch it

Or do not want to let it in

I will hear it carrying on in the background

and all through the night

and I won’t need to be persuaded

To open my eyes in the morning

To witness the new light

And I have lived a life between four pale blue walls

For far too long

And a coat of paint will not change a thing

So I will listen, and I will wander

And in the morning I’ll reel myself back up

And carry on yonder

The world is not so scary

From the outside

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Rachel at Twin Bridges, 2010

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Somewhere between Kenmore & Wivenhoe,  2011

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Garden, 2009

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A bugs life, 2009

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Winter, 2016

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Amy in Toowoomba, 2016

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Winter, 2016

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Him

What a terrible feeling it is, to 

be kept at arms length. We lay 

in your bed as close as can be, 

softly, sweetly. A stranger to 

catch a glimpse would wish

upon a love so sweet. But 

when I close my eyes all I see is 

darkness, and I picture myself 

scratching at a wall between my 

fingernails and your skin. You 

won’t let me reach you, even 

when I’m right there with you.

We’re pretending, and nothing 

has ever felt so beautiful or 

so cruel all in the same moment.

~HK

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Send you away with my wish,

dandelion floats from my lips. 

A winters day led me to you, 

your hands were warm,

but my heart’s still blue. 

Born in the sunshine, 

Jorn in the snow.

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New Zealand, 2013

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2009