Papatuanuku

POSTED IN contemporary poetry August 11, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Papatuanuku  

I beseech you Papatuanuku
let me return to your womb
your warmth, your darkness

please hold me tight

Oh mother earth
why did you cast me out
adrift on this lonely planet

I can barely face the light

And you Ranginui
Father of the night
Could I not be a distant star

a heavenly orb
a spinner of dreams
a glow in an unknown galaxy

why here on earth
living in the shadow world
where all is an illusion

Oh Lord,
why must we burn so bright?

 

 

 

Amanda Edwards