Uncomfortable

Photo of a dead fish by the beach, a deep hole in its midriff.

Fish out of water,
blow above the abdomen;
the first time we met.

Erased

Photo of footprints on the beach

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

Breakfast

Photo of the sun, soon after sunrise, curtained by a canary of a native trees.

Famished native trees,
lunging for the golden yolk,
engulf the sunshine.

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.