Sensorial

closeup photo of a peeling bark of a gumtree — Looking closely at a neighbourhood gumtree

Discarding dead cells
rough and weather beaten skins
humanly bushland

Alive

photo of a gumtree against a greyish, cloudy sky

Ancient shades of gum
dull sketch on a grey canvas
teeming with new life

Politically correct

panoramic photo of a tree's tall trunk with branches extending to all sides

Parties disagree
branch out in opposing sides
works fine for a tree

Scale

close up photo of a large crack in the middle of a gumtree's trunk

Small split on a stump
a crack in the universe
for spiders on gums

Mutual

close up photo of an insect sitting on a person's finger

Two complete life forms
clinging on to each other
we can co-exist