Wilson's Promontory

Remembering a Quiet Quest through the Southern Shores

Little birds in little beach trees
Little thoughts drift with the breeze
Little eye on little cloud
Little feet trek through the shroud

Photos were taken in Wilson's Promontory (2020).

A grand crow on a grand quest
Unzipping packs, puffing chest
A grand view from mountain-path
A grand ocean stretching vast

Hikers laugh as they talk about farts
Broken packs and bouncing hearts
Laughing people, by laughing healed
By conversations far afield

Warm sun in a warm sky
Warm colours from it fly
Sun sets and colours fade
Woods rest in quiet shade

Quiet zephyrs and crashing waves
From quiet rain, quiet tent saves
Salty sand before salty sea
Souls of salt by selflessness free

Cold feet in cold waters
Cold wind, cold tortures
Sore muscles love the cold
Sore minds long for the old

For the child in the ancient
The simple in the clever
For the gold in the green
The spirit saying, 'Forever!'