Innumerable stars

I dare to count

As days revolve

Through vast ages



Counted in your singular name

A melody of light

Yet never outshine

The eternal love



For you my child




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Stillness in a pillar of light

Soft amber glow radiates

Forever tranquil

Behind closed eyes

You are with me

Father star


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The tales I heard

Lessons often ignored


Begged mercy

With a wink


Nor could wisdom cure

My grey blue eyes


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Keen blue eye from homeland to sea

Aotearoa, where have you been?


Hunting with those long forgotten

Catching surge with ease


Heed the mountain’s call

Match prowess with speed


Dip a wing and plummet

Onrush of Kauri


The hunt is on,

For those long gone



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If I’ve not mentioned

That you look beautiful

It’s because I forgot my name



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As the great wave approaches
Time it and cut through

As the mighty Earth shakes
Steady and hold tight

When facing the impossible wall
Tear the ****** down



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I saw a tree growing in the earth
Before the sun
It's roots streched down
Fruit ripened and fell
Toward the past
There I lay my head
Upon the mountain

I saw a great wave approach
Gathering twilight
I gazed into the sea
Whales danced and sang
For our future
There I lay my head
Upon the moon


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He said:

I can’t take it

I’m leaving


She met his eye.


He said:

I know you don't love me

I won't change my mind


She watched him walk out the door.


She said:

Bye




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We are not the biproduct of other people’s past traumas and errors,

Yet we wrestle with that legacy of inherited weight in our souls.

This is because we have the sublime capacity,

For empathy.



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Old friend with knowing heart

These gifts of emotion deserve thanks


That which cannot be put into words

Flows from my being with blinding light


I give my humble gift to you

Let these hands of healing embrace


Softly and with a gentle reminder

Together we can be



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One human sits in a box
Shaping the future

Using primitive tools
With exceptional creativity

Never completely satisfied
But foretelling a dream

Shifting the cosmos
One grain at a time


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