Pilots trace the edge of sky, clouds like thought-strings drifting by; below, the low hills fold and keep the secrets where the wild things sleep.
Here, air tastes of distant rain, of petrol, sage, and sweet sugarcane; kites of vultures wheel and turn, while lanterned houses stoke and burn.
Come sit beneath the jacaranda’s fall, let evening’s hush unmake the gall; Lanseria holds, with gentle art, a wild, uncomplicated heart.
Market voices, laughter bright, fruit-sellers barter fading light; the airport’s pulse — arrivals, calls — a small town heartbeat through the walls.