Skilful

Close up photo of an aloe vera flower, with a spider web barely visible on its florets. — See the spider web?

Spiders, shiny webs
spinning between the florets;
an uphill battle.

Magic

close up photo of a small toadstool with a few pine needles above and around it

Hides unassuming,
beneath piles of pine needles:
magic of the world.

Fake

photo of Perth's skyline, as seen from Kings Park entrance just before sunrise — Pre-sunrise in Perth

Unnatural lights;
in the darkness of morning
sustain a city.

City

A plaque in the city of Perth, Australia.

A city was built
by the felling of a tree;
we can’t let things be.

Height

Photo of Jacob’s Ladder stairs in Perth, as seen from the first step. — Jacob’s Ladder, Perth

Every step we take,
a bit closer to the top,
so we can look down.