Connected

I will walk in the harbour

when the tide is out.

Alongside the bait catchers

With my children,

perhaps with someone who

loves me as much as they.

I will watch ships pass

within metres of our muddy feet

and stand connected

to the world through water.

27 April 2018

Photo description: An empty cargo ship leaves Durban harbour. Two tugs cling to the side of the vessel, escorting it through the narrow channel. They are dwarfed by its red and black bulk and framed in the reflection of its yellow cranes. In the foreground, tiny stick figures stroll across the shimmering sandbank at low tide, looking for bait. Palm trees jut into the bottom of the picture, marking the parallel lines between the road, the railway and the harbour wall,