For Aunty Kerry Reed-Gilbert, 24 October 1956 to 13 July 2019.
In this valley,

  generations of glistening gums reach skyward

            Roots reaching deep,

                                    Holding earth 
            I imagine lying here

            Warmed by a fire

            Billy tea, some damper

            My dog and me
            Whip birds call and respond

Flashes of sound,

            Hisses and hums

                        Magpies
Shifting light,

Shadow dust, where dry cracked earth lay broken

            Creeks now overflow

                        Food and medicines everywhere
Purple lily, fringe lily,

                        Casesia Calliantha, Thysanthotus Tuberous,

 Daraban, Munong, Yam Daisies, Microcseris Lanceolata,

                             Mummadya, Cherry Ballarat, Exocarpos Cupressiformis

                        Cauliflower bush, Cassina Longifolia
I am searching for words, confused at the order, the correct naming

  Elusive, beyond my reach, clumsy in my mouth;
                        Wrapping myself around the silver flesh of a tree 
                                                Eyes closed,

                                    I float for just a moment
                        Suspended…. Kissed by the breeze
                                    Dissolving, becoming, returning
                                                As country sings