Growth

Photo of a tall leaf-less tree with the tips of its limbs touching the electrical cables.

The teenage growth spurt:
trees shoot straight past their parents
twist into cables

Grandmothered

photo of a rugged limbed deciduous tree without many leaves

Wildly-lived old tree
shedding for her winter years—
slender, grandma limbs.

Winter baubles

photo of a bottle brush tree with light pink flowers hanging over a fence, as seen from below with a grey sky in the background

Baubles catch the sun,
bottle brushes in winter;
Christmas in July.

Yet

Photo of the sun rising behind the skyscrapers in the Perth CBD.

Sad times reign supreme
humanity grows colder
sun rises in hope.

Left behind

Photo of the lush greenery as seen from the window of a plane, its wing visible in the photo.

We take to the skies
aim for the dark depths of space
dismissing what’s here.