Tata Beach. What remains when you realise that you have reached the end of a long relationship, whether friendly or otherwise, because everything has been said.
We will say to each other
here is what I have done
here is what I have said
here is who I am (now)
here is where I will be
then a long silence
it will contain our story, long and with no regret.
photo: oyster gatherers are often in pairs, in Pohara, always busy, doing what, I don’t know.
The days will pass
doing things,
doing something,
sometimes I will not remember what,
but I will do things
and the day will pass.
*posted in 2025
photo : birds and their songs, perfected over thousands of years in Nelson
pale light in the air
ancient songs of birds arise
in the silent world
photo: Pohara, Golden Bay
If I were asked how things are going, I would say
« Slowly. I open the windows at dawn
to let the air circulates freely.
I walk, but slowly
in the shade
I eat good things
I manage the movements of the wind.
