Resilient, by your side

Eucalyptus (gum) trees in Canberra — Eucalyptus trees, also known as gum trees

As the winter gums
brave the weather’s vagaries,
good friends have your back.

Intervention

Nature’s luscious treats,
cutting through life’s consciousness,
as bridge on a lake.

No reason to stay

Clear skies on a winter morning, Canberra

Clear skies, green signals,
bare streets, waiting horizons,
prepare to take off.

Making way for the new

Cast away, needless,
as a child with a new toy—
fall leaves in winter.

Unforgiving

Frosty morning in the first week of winter. Canberra — Frosty morning in the first week of winter

A bone-tingling breeze,
lingering in the mind—cold,
as regrets in life.