Banish

photo of suspended white tube lights as seen from below, at the Singapore airport

Suspended lightbulbs:
darkness is a pendulum,
banishing brightness.

Auckland

Photo of private boats in the ocean, as seen from Auckland city.

The city of sails—
a fleet awaits instructions,
dully fog descends.

Fog

Photo of a plane’s wing, flying through mild fog, as seen through the plane’s window.

I wake to engines—
inside, my brain fog clears up,
outside it descends.

Dance

Photo of ceiling lights, made up of little green lights.

A dance of shadows:
emeralds in the ceiling
lighting up the room.

Bridge

Photo of a little concrete path built a little way into the beach, with Rangitoto Island visible in the distance.

Though we build bridges
often we fall a bit short—
in concrete and life.