Darkness

Darkness

Silence…

All you can hear is the ringing in your own ears

Your pathetic torch sputtering before it goes out entirely.

Darkness envelops you completely

bringing with it

a wave of despair.

Swarming over still and silent grounds

A hollow desperation fills your body

forcing you to venture onto the destined path.

You have to escape

before darkness takes over your body

stealing your soul

before leaving your body to rot.

Think happy thoughts...

happy thoughts...

your mantra, happy thoughts…         

“It’s not working, you’re going to fail,”

your mind taunts.

NO!

Happy thoughts... cookies, books, laughter, friends.

Exhaustion overwhelms you

you have to keep walking

the destination unknown

but you know one thing...

failing is not an option.

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Purerehua Steps and Poem

Dolphin Pods Poem

The Dolphin Pod.

Waves splash my wooden boat

I gaze upon the ocean blue.

Dolphin pods comes up to breathe.

In dolphin tongue they say to me.

Go away and leave the ocean be.

But I stay not just in spite.

But also so I can get a bite.

As I reel in my rod.

Surprise, surprise here comes the Pod.

In dolphin song they sing to me.

Go and give the ocean peace.

But again I stay not to fight.

But only to sleep overnight.

My Weta Poem

Although your ears on your legs

silent at night, you make no sound

You burrow a hole and lay eggs in a mound

creeping at night stealthily

easy to camouflage difficult to see

often found beneath the beech tree

Omnivore, eater of plants and invertebrates

searching for Kai nocturnally

Brown stripes, skinny legs  with spikes

one kick from it's legs stings like bee

night time predator hunting prey

Only a stoat or rat can make you flee

between grassland,  shrubland and forest

Your  habitat is likely to be leafy

It is called a ground weta for a reason

digging in its burrow searching deeply