reunion

reunion
may 2015

Sourced from ehive.com, an aerial photo of Pakuranga College taken on 14 April 1972. Maybe I was in the classroom seeing a plane in the clear sky

you know them
only
from that space
the square of
recognition
mapped round
eyes , nose
and mouth
the rest of the
face says
nothing just
plain deception
like waist or
hairline would
never lead you
back to who
they were
its the smile
the jokes
the kindness
in speech
and the
bravado

that iris

that iris

to N. and her mother-in-law. All things are possible except to relive or rewrite those years up to that final midnight

                                 

when we left

that morning

my mother having just

got to know you

yet well enough

told you she would

name the iris

after you

that peeling open

of mauve amidst

the pale green

rain pearl girl

rain pearl girl
for Keikei
30 august 2016

Rain pearl lily by Keikei

one
drop
of her
on the tongue
the heart
just overflows
a garden of
rain in leaf
and water
twirl
to which
she is
the
wand
my rain
pearl
girl