There are no fish here to see
No fish to see as murky water
has sand in suspension floating
obscuring anything beneath.
This is the jetty at Picnic bay
it points towards Townsville
we look back along the structure
back to the shore where
the deep shade of the fig trees
invites us to shelter from
the heat and humidity
No fish to see here
maybe in a different light
but not now, not here
we climb the two headlands
in the heat and humidity
two vantage points to look across
the expanse of water and sky, and land
and it is good but hot, so hot
our clothes cling to us as we
cling to the notion to come back
and see this place in a different light
At night the jetty is lit
above and below the water
Blue lights attached on the jetty
deep below the water line
Attract a multitude of fish
So many shapes dart back and forth
we gaze into the blue
Amazed by the transformation
of seeing a place
In a different light.
