On edge

Close up photo of an aloe plant with its bright red flowers.

Open-throated yell,
just an unhappy toddler;
fully-grown aloe.

Wallpaper

Photo of a luscious green valley, and the sky covered in clouds.

A valley of green,
blueless sky plastered by clouds;
road trips in winter.

Skilful

Close up photo of an aloe vera flower, with a spider web barely visible on its florets. — See the spider web?

Spiders, shiny webs
spinning between the florets;
an uphill battle.

Magic

close up photo of a small toadstool with a few pine needles above and around it

Hides unassuming,
beneath piles of pine needles:
magic of the world.

Fake

photo of Perth's skyline, as seen from Kings Park entrance just before sunrise — Pre-sunrise in Perth

Unnatural lights;
in the darkness of morning
sustain a city.