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

Big

Photo of the shadow of a person standing by the railings at top of a volcanic crater, looking down.

We like a big life
to live on edge looking down
forget we are small.

Runneth over

Photo of a person holding a mug over their face. The mug has an image of R2D2, the fictional character, and the phrase, Just roll with it.

Mugs have good advice
if only we listened more
life runneth over

Filter

Photo of the Auckland city as seen through a lace-curtained window on a high floor of a hotel.

We see through filters
a hazy distorted world
Instagram-worthy