Dark emu

Cool water on nakedness

Milky Way bright above,

Inky depths below

Emu, kangaroo, shrieking owl

Cold air sinking into Earth.

This is a time for

Simplicity to emerge, a

New world from the

Chaos of complexity, the

Rush of irrelevance.

It reveals the nebula

Holding up the Southern Cross

Head of dark emu

And depths that lay

In the absence of light.