Morning rituals

Summertime sunrise, Canberra
Canberra’s sunrises are as glorious as sunsets

Rise every morning,
in search of light, clarity;
chase the horizon.

Window scenes

White, light on sight,
as swans in a lake
flowing with a breeze,
fluffy puffs of spring
glide across my gaze.

As tiptoeing at midnight
lest we awaken ghosts,
floating, beyond reach—
like truffle, treacle tarts,
hover those clouds.