Struggling Worms C:

Struggling Worms

Standing outside in piles of leave skeletons,

just staring at the random bugs

struggling to live in the makariri weather

of Greymouth

Te marama marshmallow clouds covering

parts of the pale blue sky,

not blocking the cold hard wind

Freakish worms covered in minuscule stones,

trying to get out of the freezing wind of autumn

Birds chirping at each other like mums over a

cup of coffee

Green grass getting trodden on by kids playing tag,

while the leaves fly around them.

By Fern The Rad

2016