I walk over the discarded skin
of the world
the tree keeps falling while
it stands
I walk on myself and millions
sunlight seems to waver
every day I hold a piece
of everything
insect dust, guano, a feather
my own ashes
awaiting
Jill Jones’ most recent books are A History of What I’ll Become, Viva the Real (shortlisted for the 2019 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards and the 2020 John Bray Poetry Award), Brink and Breaking the Days (shortlisted for the 2017 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry).
