through an open gate
a dusty track
winds to mountains beyond
an invitation to try
something new
furrows
of a life well lived
crisscross your face –
channel country
running deep
once again
dark clouds shadow
our sunburnt hills –
I hope their promises
yield more than your words
Latham’s snipe
lifting off from wetlands
bound for Hokkaido
back to their birthplace
GPS tags on board
Jerrabomberra Wetlands, ACT.
Latham’s snipe is a shorebird species that
breeds in Japan and migrates to Eastern
Australia for the austral spring-summer.