Wait

Auckland harbour bridge

There is gold afar,
glittering things float to me;
on the shore I wait.

Break

Photo of a hot air balloon hanging afloat in a garden at the Hamilton Gardens in New Zealand — Spotted in Hamilton Garden, New Zealand

Fantasy: respite
in a world of real pain;
surrealist’s garden

Rainbows

Rain’s always worth it—

little rainbows will emerge

lighten up our lives

Bleeding hearts

photo of a sunset in Auckland.

If the blood of innocents
seeped through continental plates,
dripped into our winter sunsets—
would they still be pretty?

Iron

Photo of the Auckland harbour bridge, as seen from the other side.

The mother, a bridge,
carries the weight of her world
ironclad shoulders