a tribute to the maori arts-for caleb!!!

 if i could

id live amongst the carved

fierce livid limbs of terror

id lay in wounding caresses

of mother in night

id trace the wooden whare floor

id whisper a hongi 

into your breath

id light a golden star

like rahui

id trek pounamou golden waves

and curl up in a koru

to be cloaked in native feathers

and swim the torrential tuwhare storms

off kaka point

id fish the lower islands up

and pacify the darkness quarrell

id float out to sea

past maery fortifications

as frame-d lines

definied between 

the islands

amidst pakeha delusions

id leave a blanket on your

wooden body

to say 

e tu

warriors are never sorry 

to trace the derelict path

of whakapapa without a loom

the patterns let us carry the

motions 

aoteroa!!!