Outside my window

Image: Wendy Taleo 2020

Outside my window

A gum tree stands sentry

I witness the seasons

bark / curling / changing.

I bought this window

It costs a lot

Now framing my

waking / thinking / planning.

Outside my window

A dog lurks out of view

Cat ears flicker

inside / safe / warm.

Desert ochre rocks

Push against endless skies

Sun bleached earth colours

mauve / olive / blue.

Outside my window

Morning floods with light

Memories etched

tracing / shadow / paths.

Horizon softened by mountain range

Laying East to West

Caterpillar landed*

unchanged / forever / here.

Written in Alice Springs, Central Australia, 2020.

CC BY SA

* Refering to the Aboriginal Dreamtime story of the Yeperenye (caterpillar)