Acceptance

Photo of the crater of a dormant volcano, as seen from the top of the volcano. — Mount Wellington summit, Auckland

Imperfect as life
deep gashes in our landscape
we love and accept

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

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