On Rarotonga, in the Cooks,
an oasis guarded by coral reefs—
adrift in the vast blue ocean.
Open, unyielding, yet few
can approach.
Only those who know the way.
At Manawatāwhi,
Demoiselles and Māomao
—names painted on fish—
dart as bottlenose dolphins leap.
Even the strong succumbs to storms.
The mourning mother
will never see her son again.
He lies on the shallow white sand,
now nature’s artifact.
And the sorrow of loss
lingers only
in those who echoed.
Aug 29, 2024
Aug 29, 2024 at 12:49 PM UTC
On Rarotonga, in the Cooks,
an oasis guarded by coral reefs—
adrift in the vast blue ocean.
Open, unyielding, yet few
can approach.
Only those who know the way.
At Manawatāwhi,
Demoiselles and Māomao
—names painted on fish—
dart as bottlenose dolphins leap.
Even the strong succumbs to storms.
The mourning mother
will never see her son again.
He lies on the shallow white sand,
now nature’s artifact.
And the sorrow of loss
lingers only
in those who echoed.
— inspired by Our Big Blue Backyard Season 3
