From Where I Sit

Shiny silvery patchwork bark

covers the tall gum

A coat of understated elegance

Foxtail and ponytail fronds

Swaying, swishing, softly

before a cloudless cerulean sky

Momentary glance one

The poolside fence

a perch, a lookout

The Kookaburra first

Doves and Topknots follow

trying out the king's throne

Dew shimmers

Momentary glance two

Agave sculptures twice

mirrored in the pool

Three eucalyptus leaves

drift by, canoes without paddles

Rainbow Lorakeets disrupt the quiet

They leave, silence returns

Momentary glance three

Vermillion nastursiums

punch and pop their fiery heads

above their mock lily pad leaves

Screaming their bold colours

Unafraid to be eaten.

Courageous souls.

Momentary glance four

Two swooping cockatoos

sulphur-crested, chasing each other?

Following each other? 

Perfomance art? Excitement!

King Kookaburra is back

In the old gumtree, like the song says

This is where life happens

Outside my window

away from screens

and desks

Time to dress and join it

Morning, 

from where I sit.