The Sleepy Palm Tree

The Sleepy Palm Tree

Had leaves like the palm of a babies hand

And its trunk was the

Colour of the  golden beach

She was gently dozing off

Descending into the night sky

Its coconuts were like

Little hairy monsters

And when they fell

The sand would screech

On the golden beach

The Limelily

The Limelily

Had petals, paper thin

The colour of pink blossom

And the stem

Was like an elephant trunk

Blowing out water to wash the babies

The pollen was like

Apple juice The Limelily was

to have it instead

At night, The Limelily

Glowed the colour of the Northen lights

As the sunset

Darkened deeper

Like strawberry sauce

Oozing out of the bottle

Onto the vanilla icecream

Planning to have

This morning to drink

Until the bees decided