Dragonfly dreaming

There is a palm

contrasting the sandstone precipice

the iron-red of the rocks

ancient seas

weathered by the wind,

rains and time.

Two dragonflies

hover over the water

between paperbark branches

delicate aerial machines

reflecting on the quiet waterhole

captured by reeds, spinifex, pandanus.

Two dragonflies dream

the heat of the afternoon

a deep blue sky

Two dragonflies

no longer here

just gone

Kakadu NP. July 2023

I acknowledge the traditional owners of the Kakadu national park lands, the Bininj and the Mungguy people and its leaders past and present. Sovereignty has never been ceded. Like millions of Australians I accept the Uluru Statement of the Heart and YES I support the Voice.