Complain

Photo of stairs leading up to Mount Wellington in Auckland.

There are many stairs
we complain on every hike
there are stairs at least

Survival

Photo of the pre-sunrise light in the sky.

Hazy, the sun tries
nearly swallowed by the fog
makes it through the day

Old

Photo of a branch of dried up, shrivelling fern leaves.

Drying up fern leaves
browning, crumbling, shrivelling
old age comes to all

Traffic cones

Photo of a row of road cones by the sidewalk.

Sat on our sidewalks
modern city traffic guards
orange traffic cones

Grace

Photo of a brown-leaf tree in a park, next to a foot path.

Big old brown-leaf tree
stands under the winter rain
ageing gracefully