Erased

Photo of footprints on the beach

Footprints on a beach:
our quest to be remembered;
a life washed away.

Enlighten

Photo of the sun, behind a band of grey clouds, its colours mildly visible.

Drawing up the blinds,
lets in the first light of day:
sun after a storm.

Explosive

Photo of ocean waves crashing into the rocky cliff face at Currumbin Beach on the Gold Coast, Australia.

Crashing into rocks,
Splash! Roaring deafeningly,
as ocean, human.

Memory

Photo of a bunch of daisies on a cliff edge at Currumbin beach, Queensland.

Daisies by the beach;
a hello and a goodbye—
remembering you.

Hello

Photo of the ocean as seen from atop a mountain with bright yellow flowers visible on the left side of the photograph.

Atop a mountain,
flowers gaze at the ocean—
rolling, it waves back.