Possibilities

By Annie Villiers | Posted:

I prefer the Octagon without vehicles
with bars and cafes open
I prefer books in translation

I prefer slow cooking over fast food
I prefer hills over plains
and mountains over hills

I prefer clean shaven
I prefer movie theatres to Netflix
I prefer perigee moons and big tides

I prefer solitude

I prefer sea swimming over lake swimming
I prefer both over pool swimming
unless it’s the salt water pool at St Clair

I prefer running over walking
I prefer Edinburgh over London
I prefer Paris in summer

I prefer rosehips the colour of carnelians
and carnelians the colour of rosehips
I prefer wild roses

I prefer solutions

I prefer the museum reserve
in autumn with wildly happy birds
piwakawaka and kereru

I prefer the clicks and trills of tui song
I prefer seasonal rituals. With family
I prefer kia kaha. And kaitiakitanga

I prefer home made aphorisms
like she’ll be right and knowing
a butterfly’s life is exactly the right length