i left my camera on the bus

as i sit here on the hill close to wellington

i look out over the glowing sun shining through the clouds

over ocean

over sea

this place infuses itself into me

tears from within

fall into the ground

like small drops that lead to the ocean

there is something here that i cannot fathom

something amazing

unknowable

majikal

this world

this time

those eyes

these currents

my heart

all the threads that have bought it all together

i stitch it back together

into a place

a new space

we read poetry today

and stitched

went to the ocean

and my heart made an offering to the sea

i feel what i do not know

and flow with what i cannot sew

and it all comes to pass

in stitches

the quiet beauty i think i have fallen

so.....

i am scared

and I stand up

thank you colin, thankyou India, thankyou Felicity, thankyou pounamu, thankyou ocean, thankyou sun, thankyou thankyou thankyou

aoteorea aroha aroha

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