photo: a garden as I love them, Pohara, Golden Bay
if I were a garden
I would be of stones and wild grass
I would not change
with the seasons
I would host a bench
where prayers would be murmured,
or words and wishes
and also lovers’ oaths
photo: a garden as I love them, Pohara, Golden Bay
if I were a garden
I would be of stones and wild grass
I would not change
with the seasons
I would host a bench
where prayers would be murmured,
or words and wishes
and also lovers’ oaths
photo: a path leading to Ligar Bay, considered as one of the very beautiful beaches of Golden Bay
if I were a path
I would lead to the beach
all year round
but especially in summer
I would spy on the children
I would like their games
and then the confidences
of the older ones
whispered, sneered at,
I would listen to them
and protect them
if I were the wind
I would live on the coast
I would invent waves
surging
on the hot sand
I would sculpt the dunes
I would lean the trees
people would love me in summer
and would hate me in winter
If I were a path I would be dirt
I would push through deep into the forest
I would never have everyone at once and
my guests would come only one at a time
photo : Pohara
If I were a tree
I’d be alone and cling to the rock
I would follow the wind
in a zany dance
I would delight in infinite soliloquies
then at nightfall
my leaves would rustle
inn the crash of the tide