LOVE BITTERN PROJECT

A poem, close to my heart.

This poem was first conceived as a dream last night after standing beneath the orange wolf moon prowling across the sky.

Its a poem of two dear souls I’ve lost, a courageous friend who was my wolf sister and a equally courageous hūrepo named Te-rangi.

These two souls stories are entwined in the narrative, shape-shifting from human to animal and back again, shifting from the light of Te Ao and the darkness of Te Pō, where one can not be without the other ..

..and for some a door opens, to let them run through the door of darkness, open only on the orange wolf moon.

—

I howled at the moon, 
                            for all I have lost,
                                        and for all the beauty you left behind.

Your colour had faded
                          when our eyes last met
                                           there was no sadness
                                                       you owned your imminent death.

While you melted from the light
                  to rest in everlasting night
                                 the souls you touched live on
                                                     they carry your voice 
                                                                     loud and strong

You're still with us now
                      in new eyes
                                 in chocolate wings

and forever we will howl together
                    running together through the door of darkness
                                             on the orange wolf moon.