Calm

close up photo of a rock painted with a heart, set on a pole by the beach

Softening cold hearts:
painted stone in the sunshine;
cold stones on sea shore.

Close

close up photo of a cabbage and its leaves eated by moths and catapillars

Shattered family,
barely staying together—
mothy cabbages.

Nevertheless

close up photo of the flowers of climbing sweet peas

Not always wanted,
toxic for humanity—
climbing peas still bloom

Peas

close up photo of two snowpeas in a plant

Two peas in a pod,
complimenting each other—
two pods in a plant.

Far

photo of the ocean from a boardwalk — Hallett Cove beach, South Australia

In my own trapped mind,
a sailboat in the distance,
ocean between us.