Awakening

Photo of the Melbourne outskirts as seen from the window seat of a plane that’s starting its descent.

I’m diving head first,
ground rises up to meet me—
we land; nightmare ends.

Expecting

Close up photo of a bunch of purple flowers in the foreground with a cloudy sky in the background.

Flowers in waiting;
fist rain drops of the season
drifting overhead.

Joy

Photo of the sun filtering through the branches of a pepper tree, as seen from below.

Raining down blessings,
brightening up pepper trees—
summertime sunshine.

Lightseeker

Reflection of the photographer and the Qantas signboard on an airport glass wall, with a plane on the tarmac outside visible through the glass, and the strap of a backpack on the foreground.

Buzzing airport lights;
seeking a different high,
solo traveller.

Build

Photo of multiple high-storey buildings as seen from the top floor of another high-storey building.

We make those buildings
constellation defying,
masking our night skies.