Poems

breath breathes in
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
its shallow air
thinks no thoughts
...

I guess the Lord works in mysterious ways, until I’m put to rest, I’ll do my best, even if I’m depressed...

Numbers are plummeting...

Still tripping over themselves and each other...

Instead of...

ka rongo nga tipuna i nga reo korero tatou i roto i nga toka tawhito

Good news on a cross.
those below spread the cost
everyone will build a throne in bone and...

I had a dream
something to destroy another lover crawling in this door
whiskey licks across...

I only ever thought of you.
Through the trees the wind howls

Like locus eating wheat fields...

It's a darn shame your watching... have I even grown up enough to teach. I too feel small in situations...

Oh, wind, humming a tune as you come...
Trees and vines dance along with you,
Green leaves...

A soft hum, my love, a whisper of your presence before I even see. The trees and vines respond to your...

Life is a storm.
Waiting…
as he knows
amidst the struggles
he will not fall...

United we stand, divided we fall…

Wide open fields, wide open skies…

Tall walls built,...

You call them weak
You call you strong
You call them stupid in a song of bombs whistling...

Afraid you'll know the truth?

Lord have Mercy!

The truth is always out there...

You...

the first time this summer,
when martyrdom got chucked aside for cold comfort.

How heavenly...

My lungs came out of my chest
To gulp at the fresh air

And catch T.B.!

A winter's...

click clack to whispers in need to be told
yet the water seems wasted as another two died today...