Symbiosis

Close up photo of a ground cover plant with a flower on it.

Scarred, marred, and battered,
the earth nurtures ground cover;
swathes the pain in turn.

Defence

Photo of a row of gumtrees along a main road.

The earth’s infantry,
defends homes and livelihoods:
rows of native trees.

Day moon

Photo of gnarly tree branches with a half-moon perched on the tip of a branch against a clear blue sky.

Tip of a tree branch—
broken nail hangs from the sky:
half-moon spectacle.

Framed

Photo of the sunset as seen through a window.

Outside my window
a canvas sits awaiting
setting of the sun

Independent

silhouette of a leafless tree by the lake, with the pink of sunrise in the horizon behind it

Standing all alone
she’s strong and independent
a tree by the lake.