Guardians

photo of a tall church, just before sunrise

Ancient guardians
towering over traffic—
churches on sidewalks.

Bonus

photo of the Auckland sky scape lit up by the sunset

Sun-kissed cityscape;
happily homebound at five,
an autumn bonus.

Relief

Photo of a walking path with tall gnarly trees on either side of it.

Twisty gnarly limbs
burst magnificently through,
Mother Earth rejoiced.

Not trees

Photo of the Auckland Sky Tower flanked on all sides by tall trees.

Boxing our thoughts in
we build fences around us
but we are not trees.

Raincoats

Photo of the Auckland Sky Tower and the motorway traffic on a rainy, grey day as seen from the top floor of an apartment building.

The weather descends,
shrouds our city in grim hope,
still raincoats rejoice.